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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''10''' - Screenwriter [[Fran Walsh]] is born. | * '''[[January 10|10]]''' - Screenwriter [[Fran Walsh]] is born. | ||
* '''12''' - [[Simon Tolkien]] is born. | * '''[[January 12|12]]''' - [[Simon Tolkien]] is born. | ||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''17''' - [[Sean Bean]], who would play [[Boromir|Boromir]] in [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]], is born. | * '''[[April 17|17]]''' - [[Sean Bean]], who would play [[Boromir|Boromir]] in [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]], is born. | ||
==July== | ==July== | ||
* '''16''' - [[Bob Joles]], who would voice [[Gimli]], [[Treebeard]] and [[Dáin Ironfoot]] in various [[EA]] video games, is born. | * '''[[July 16|16]]''' - [[Bob Joles]], who would voice [[Gimli]], [[Treebeard]] and [[Dáin Ironfoot]] in various [[EA]] video games, is born. | ||
==August== | ==August== | ||
* '''12''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 216]]. | * '''[[August 12|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 216]]. | ||
==September== | ==September== | ||
* '''10''' - Actor [[Jim Meskimen]] is born. | * '''[[September 10|10]]''' - Actor [[Jim Meskimen]] is born. | ||
* '''11''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[letter 217]]. | * '''[[September 11|11]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[letter 217]]. | ||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''9''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 218]]. | * '''[[October 9|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 218]]. | ||
* '''14''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[letter 219]]. | * '''[[October 14|14]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[letter 219]]. | ||
* '''15''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 220]]. | * '''[[October 15|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 220]]. | ||
==November== | ==November== | ||
* '''24''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 221]]. | * '''[[November 24|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 221]]. | ||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''29''' - [[Brian Sergent]], who would play [[Ted Sandyman]] in the extended edition of ''[[Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', is born. | * '''[[December 29|29]]''' - [[Brian Sergent]], who would play [[Ted Sandyman]] in the extended edition of ''[[Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', is born. | ||
==?== | ==?== | ||
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] retires from the Merton professorship at the [[University of Oxford]]. | * '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] retires from the Merton professorship at the [[University of Oxford]]. |
Revision as of 13:31, 24 June 2010
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1959.
January
- 10 - Screenwriter Fran Walsh is born.
- 12 - Simon Tolkien is born.
April
- 17 - Sean Bean, who would play Boromir in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
July
- 16 - Bob Joles, who would voice Gimli, Treebeard and Dáin Ironfoot in various EA video games, is born.
August
- 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 216.
September
- 10 - Actor Jim Meskimen is born.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 217.
October
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 218.
- 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 219.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 220.
November
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 221.
December
- 29 - Brian Sergent, who would play Ted Sandyman in the extended edition of Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.
?
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien retires from the Merton professorship at the University of Oxford.
- ? - Author Douglas A. Anderson is born.
- ? - Science fiction scholar Michael Martinez is born.
- ? - Peter Emshwiller, who would provide the voice of Thranduil in The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, is born.
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