5 April
From Tolkien Gateway
Events which occurred on 5 April.
On Earth
- 1912 - John Le Mesurier, who would voice Bilbo in the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings, is born.
- 1944 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 59.
- 1981 - The fifth episode of the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 2001 - Brother Theodore, who played Gollum in The Hobbit (1977 film) and The Return of the King (1980 film), dies of pneumonia.