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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.


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{{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

April

July

August

September

October

November

December

?

Years
1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962