1964

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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1964.

January

• 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 254.

March

• 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 255.

April

• 20 - Andy Serkis, who would play Gollum in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, is born.

May

• 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 256.
• 28 - Tree and Leaf is published.

July

• 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 257.

August

• 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 258.
• 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 259.
• 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 260.
• 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 261.

September

• 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 262.
• 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 263.
• 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 264.

October

• 9 - Guillermo del Toro, who will direct the upcoming The Hobbit duology, is born.
• 10 - The first episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
• 10 - Quinton Flynn, who would voice Gollum and Merry in Vivendi's game The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.
• 17 - The second episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
• 24 - The third episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
• 31 - The fourth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.

November

• 1 - Daran Norris, who would voice characters in the games of The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.
• 7 - The fifth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
• 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 265.
• 14 - The sixth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
• 21 - The seventh episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
• 26 - The 1964 BBC Interview with J.R.R. Tolkien was made.
• 28 - The eighth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
• ? - Robert Groves, Oxford's Professor of Poetry, introduces J.R.R. Tolkien to Ava Gardner. They had never heard of one and other, and both did not know why the other was famous.

December

• 5 - The ninth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
• 12 - The tenth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
• 19 - The eleventh episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
• 26 - The twelfth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.

?

• ? - Author Chris Smith is born.

Years 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967