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==January==
* '''[[23 January|23]]''' - [[The Brothers Hildebrandt]] are born.
==February==
* '''[[1 February|1]]''' - [[Wolfgang Krege]], German translator, is born.
* '''[[2 February|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 35]].
* '''[[10 February|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 36]].
==March==
* '''[[1 March|1]]''' - [[David Weatherley]], who would play [[Barliman Butterbur]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', is born.
* '''[[1 March|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 36a]].
* '''[[8 March|8]]''' - Tolkien delivers his lecture "[[On Fairy-Stories]]" at St. Andrew's University, Scotland.
* '''[[27 March|27]]'''-'''[[29 March|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] completes three days' training with the top-secret Government Code and Cypher School (GCCS) at their London headquarters.
==April==
* '''[[20 April|20]]''' - Writer and screenwriter [[Peter S. Beagle]] is born.
==May==
* '''[[25 May|25]]''' - [[Ian McKellen]], who would play [[Gandalf]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]], is born.
==June==
* '''[[16 June|16]]''' - [[Ted Johnstone]] is born.
==September==
* '''[[6 September|6]]''' - [[Gordon Reid]], who would provide the voices of several characters in [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' radio series]], is born.
* '''[[15 September|15]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[Letter 36b]].
==October==
* '''[[29 October|29]]''' - Actress [[Elizabeth Moody]] is born.
==December==
* '''[[19 December|19]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 37]].
* '''[[24 December|24]]''' - [[Father Christmas]] writes a [[Letters from Father Christmas|letter]] to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s children.
==?==
==?==
* '''?''' - Tolkien delivers his lecture "[[On Fairy-Stories]] at St. Andrew's University.
* '''?''' - ''[[The Reeve's Tale (version)|The Reeve's Tale: Version Prepared for Recitation at the 'Summer Diversions']]'' is published.
* '''?''' - ''[[Rehabilitations and Other Essays]]'' by [[C.S. Lewis]], which includes references to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published.  
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