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==January==
* '''[[4 January|4]]''' - Actor [[Graham McTavish]] is born.
* '''[[5 January|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 227]].
* '''[[5 January|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Madam Ossendrijver (5 January 1961)|a letter to Mme Ossendrijver]].
* '''[[24 January|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 228]].
==February==
* '''[[12 February|12]]''' - [[Joseph Pearce]] is born.
* '''[[13 February|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 228a]].
* '''[[23 February|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 229]].
* '''[[28 February|28]]''' - [[Mark Ferguson]], who would play [[Gil-galad]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', is born.
==April==
* '''[[10 April|10]]''' - Actress [[Lorraine Ashbourne]] is born.
* '''[[28 April|28]]''' - [[Jamieson Price]], who would voice [[Aragorn]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring]]'', is born.
==May==
* '''[[6 May|6]]''' - Actor [[Wally Wingert]] is born.
* '''[[9 May|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Mr Hart|a letter to Mr. Hart]].
*'''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] spends a Sunday with a fan club at Queen's College in [[Cambridge]] (as the meeting happened mid-month, it was most probably on Sunday, the [[14 May|14th]] of May).
* '''[[17 May|17]]''' - Singer [[Enya]] is born.
* '''[[23 May|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Rayner Unwin (23 May 1961)|a letter to Rayner Unwin]].
==June==
* '''[[1 June|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Jan Broberg|a letter to Jan Broberg]].
* '''[[8 June|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 230]].
==August==
* '''[[21 August|21]]''' - An [[Index:Interviews with J.R.R. Tolkien|interview]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] ("[[Den besynnerlige professor Tolkien]]") is published in Swedish.
==October==
==October==
* '''31''' - Director [[Peter Jackson]] is born in Pukerua Bay, [[New Zealand]].  
* '''[[4 October|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 231]].
 
* '''[[31 October|31]]''' - Director [[Peter Jackson]] is born in Pukerua Bay, [[New Zealand]].  
==November==
* '''[[4 November|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 232]].
* '''[[13 November|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Paul Barnetson|a letter to Paul Barnetson]].
* '''[[15 November|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 233]].
* '''[[15 November|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Jane Neave (15 November 1961)|a letter to Jane Neave]].
* '''[[22 November|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 234]].
==December==
* '''[[6 December|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 235]].
* '''[[29 December|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Miss Perry|a letter to Miss Perry]].
* '''[[30 December|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 236]].
==?==
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], nominated by [[C.S. Lewis]], was [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/05/jrr-tolkien-nobel-prize rejected by the Nobel Prize jury].
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Christopher Fettes|a letter to Christopher Fettes]].
* '''?''' - Author [[Joseph Pearce]] is born.
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