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* '''[[1964]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 260]]. | * '''[[1964]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 260]]. | ||
* '''[[1981]]''' - The twenty-fourth episode of the [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|radio adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings'']] is aired on [[BBC|BBC 4]]. | * '''[[1981]]''' - The twenty-fourth episode of the [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|radio adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings'']] is aired on [[BBC|BBC 4]]. | ||
* '''[[1992]]''' - The first part of the [[Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series)|radio adaptation of ''Farmer Giles of Ham'']] is aired on [[BBC|BBC 5]]. | * '''[[1992]]''' - The first part of the [[Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series)|radio adaptation of ''Farmer Giles of Ham'']] is aired on [[BBC|BBC 5]]. | ||
* '''[[2002]]''' - ''[[The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition]]'' is published. | |||
==In Arda== | ==In Arda== | ||
* [[Third Age 3018|T.A. 3018]]: | * [[Third Age 3018|T.A. 3018]]: | ||
Revision as of 16:09, 11 April 2010
Events which occurred on 16 August.
On Earth
- 1920 - Max Schuchart, who would be the first to translate The Lord of the Rings, is born.
- 1943 - Sharon Baird, the character actor for Frodo in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
- 1964 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 260.
- 1981 - The twenty-fourth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC 4.
- 1992 - The first part of the radio adaptation of Farmer Giles of Ham is aired on BBC 5.
- 2002 - The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition is published.
