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==On Earth== | ==On Earth== | ||
* '''[[1925]]''' - [[Wolfe Morris]], who would voice of [[Gollum]] in ''[[The Hobbit (1968 radio series)|The Hobbit]]'', is born. | * '''[[1925]]''' - [[Wolfe Morris]], who would voice of [[Gollum]] in the 1968 radio series of ''[[The Hobbit (1968 radio series)|The Hobbit]]'', is born. | ||
* '''[[1961]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 227]]. | * '''[[1961]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 227]]. | ||
* '''[[1982]]''' - [[Hans Conried]], who was the voice of [[Thorin Oakenshield]] in ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit]]'', dies. | * '''[[1982]]''' - [[Hans Conried]], who was the voice of [[Thorin Oakenshield]] in ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit]]'', dies. | ||
Revision as of 00:24, 1 January 2009
Events which occurred on 5 January.
On Earth
- 1925 - Wolfe Morris, who would voice of Gollum in the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is born.
- 1961 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 227.
- 1982 - Hans Conried, who was the voice of Thorin Oakenshield in Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit, dies.
- 1989 - The Return of the Shadow is published.
- 2008 - The Times ranks J.R.R. Tolkien the sixth-best post-war British writer.
