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* '''[[13 April|13]]''' - [[Tom Shippey]], then a young academic at the University of [[Birmingham]], receives a [[Tom Shippey 13 April 1970|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] after giving a speech at a Tolkien-themed convention. | * '''[[13 April|13]]''' - [[Tom Shippey]], then a young academic at the University of [[Birmingham]], receives a [[Tom Shippey 13 April 1970|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] after giving a speech at a Tolkien-themed convention. | ||
==July== | ==July== | ||
* '''[[July | * '''[[18 July|18]]''' - Author and scholar [[Ármann Jakobsson]] is born. | ||
==September== | ==September== | ||
* '''[[4 September|4]]-[[7 September|7]]''' - The first [[Mythcon I|Mythcon]] is held at [[wikipedia:Harvey Mudd College|Harvey Mudd College]]. | * '''[[4 September|4]]-[[7 September|7]]''' - The first [[Mythcon I|Mythcon]] is held at [[wikipedia:Harvey Mudd College|Harvey Mudd College]]. | ||
Revision as of 22:26, 8 June 2011
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1970.
January
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 315.
- 15 - Musician Charles Deenen is born.
April
- 13 - Tom Shippey, then a young academic at the University of Birmingham, receives a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien after giving a speech at a Tolkien-themed convention.
July
- 18 - Author and scholar Ármann Jakobsson is born.
September
- 4-7 - The first Mythcon is held at Harvey Mudd College.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 316.
October
- 31 - Actor Nolan North is born.
- ? - The first issue of Mallorn is published.
November
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 317.
- 12 - Actor Craig Parker is born.
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 318.
?
- ? - The staff of the Oxford English Dictionary compiles an entry for "hobbit".
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