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==On Earth== | ==On Earth== | ||
* '''[[1957]]''' - Professor [[William Craigie]], [[Tolkien]]'s predecessor as [[Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon]], dies. | * '''[[1957]]''' - Professor [[William Craigie]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s predecessor as [[Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon]], dies. | ||
* '''[[1973]]''' - After visiting friends in [[Bournemouth]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] becomes ill and dies, at the age of eighty-one. He is buried next to his wife, [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]]. | * '''[[1973]]''' - After visiting friends in [[Bournemouth]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] becomes ill and dies, at the age of eighty-one. He is buried next to his wife, [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]]. | ||
* '''[[1976]]''' - ''[[The Father Christmas Letters]]'' is published. | * '''[[1976]]''' - ''[[The Father Christmas Letters]]'' is published. | ||
Revision as of 19:26, 14 December 2010
Events which occurred on 2 September.
On Earth
- 1957 - Professor William Craigie, Tolkien's predecessor as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, dies.
- 1973 - After visiting friends in Bournemouth, J.R.R. Tolkien becomes ill and dies, at the age of eighty-one. He is buried next to his wife, Edith.
- 1976 - The Father Christmas Letters is published.
