1980

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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1980.

January

• ? - Amon Hen 43 is published.

February

• 9 - Actor Heron Carvic dies.

May

• 11 - The Return of the King (1980 film) is released on VHS in the United States.
• 29 - Poems and Stories is published.
• 29 - Actor Adam Brown is born.
• ? - Amon Hen 44 is published.

July

• 25-28 - Mythcon XI.
• ? - Amon Hen 45 is published.

August

• 22 - Actor Norman Shelley dies.
• 29 - Author Douglas C. Kenney dies.
• 31 - Amon Hen 46 is published.

September

• 26-28 - Oxonmoot 1980.

October

• 2 - Unfinished Tales is published in the UK.
• ? - A Walk Through the Shire is published.

November

• 18 - Unfinished Tales is published in the US.
• ? - Amon Hen 47 is published.

December

• 29 - Amon Hen 48 is published.

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• ? - Ralph Bakshi wins the Golden Gryphon for The Lord of the Rings.
• ? - Quettar is founded.
• ? - Nevill Coghill, Inkling, dies.
• ? - The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth is published.
• ? - A Reader's Guide to The Silmarillion is published.
• ? - The Lord of the Rings Film Calendar 1980 is released.
• ? - The J.R.R. Tolkien Desk Calendar 1980 is released.
• ? - The 1980 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar is released.
• ? - The Lord of the Rings Souvenir booklet commemorating twenty five years of its publication is published.
• ? - Mallorn 14 is published.

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