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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''10''' - Screenwriter [[Fran Walsh]] is born. | * '''10''' - Screenwriter [[Fran Walsh]] is born. | ||
* '''12''' - [[Simon Tolkien]] is born. | |||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''17''' - [[Sean Bean]], who would play [[Boromir (son of Denethor II)|Boromir]] in [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]], is born. | * '''17''' - [[Sean Bean]], who would play [[Boromir (son of Denethor II)|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== | |||
* '''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 [[Oxford]]. | * '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] retires from the Merton professorship at the [[University of Oxford]]. | ||
* '''?''' - Author [[Douglas A. Anderson]] is born. | * '''?''' - Author [[Douglas A. Anderson]] is born. | ||
* '''?''' - Science fiction scholar [[Michael Martinez]] 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. | |||
{{Years|1956|1957|1958|1959|1960|1961|1962|}} | {{Years|1956|1957|1958|1959|1960|1961|1962|}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:46, 8 March 2009
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
- 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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