1969

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1969.

January

• 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 308 and 309.
• 27 - Actor and author Cliff Broadway is born.
• ? - The first issue of Mythlore is published.

February

• 3 - Shane Rangi, who would play several characters and lead the stunt crew of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
• ? - David Salo, Tolkien Linguist, is born.

March

• 6 - Scholar Gergely Nagy is born.

April

• ? - Mythlore 2 is published.

May

• 7 - Producer Rick Porras is born.
• 14 - Cate Blanchett, who would play Galadriel in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 310.

July

• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien is diagnosed with an inflamed or diseased gall-bladder. Dr. Denis Tolhurst forbids him the consummation of fats (notably butter) and, in the eyes of the patient even worse, alcohol.
• 22 - James Arnold Taylor, who would voice several voices in Tolkien themed video games, is born.
• 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 311.

August

• 6 - Chris Edgerly, who would voice various characters in EA video games, is born.
• 15 - Kim Mai Guest, who would voice Arwen in EA's The Battle for Middle-earth II and The Rise of the Witch-king, is born.

September

• 29 - Artist Warren Mahy is born.

November

• 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 312.
• 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 313.

December

• 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 314.

?

• ? - Royd Tolkien is born.
• ? - Charles Leslie Wrenn, Inlking, dies.
• ? - Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings is published.
• ? - Bored of the Rings is published.
• ? - Ken Rudolph Calendar 1969 is released.

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