Happy Birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien!

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Thursday, January 03, 2008

I almost missed it, but today is J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday (ht: Bettnet.com). The author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings was born in 1892. The Tolkien Society proposes a toast.

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