1970
From Tolkien Gateway
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1970.
[edit] January
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 315.
[edit] 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.
[edit] July
- 18 - Author and scholar Ármann Jakobsson is born.
[edit] September
- 4-7 - The first Mythcon is held at Harvey Mudd College.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 316.
[edit] October
- ? - The first issue of Mallorn is published.
[edit] November
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 317.
- 12 - Craig Parker, who would play Haldir and provide the voice of Gothmog in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 318.
[edit] ?
- ? - The staff of the Oxford English Dictionary compiles an entry for "hobbit".
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