2001

Tolkien-related events that took place in 2001.

[edit] January

• 3 - The Peruvian Tolkien Society is founded.
• 17 - Richard E. Blackwelder, Tolkien collector, dies.
• ? - Other Hands 31/32 is published.

[edit] February

• 26 - Philologist Brian Miller, student and friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, dies.

[edit] March

• 1 - Tyalie Tyelellieva issue 16 is published.

[edit] April

• 5 - Actor Brother Theodore dies.
• 28 - Actor Paul Daneman dies.

[edit] May

• 11 - Kinder Surprise begins its Lord of the Rings promotion in Germany.

[edit] June

• 25 - Actress Pauline Letts dies.
• 27 - Artist Tove Jansson dies.

[edit] July

• 5 - Tolkien Thing III.
• ? - Vinyar Tengwar 42 is published.
• ? - Other Hands 33/34 is published.

[edit] August

• 3-6 - Mythcon 32.

[edit] September

• 21-23 - Oxonmoot 2001.

[edit] October

• 30- The parody book The Roadkill of Middle Earth is published.
• 31 - Tyalie Tyelellieva issue 17 is published.

[edit] November

• 6 - Decipher publishes the first set of "Decipher Cards", The Fellowship of the Ring.
• 9 - Translator Tore Zetterholm dies.
• 19 - Meditations on Middle-earth is published.
• 27 - Music Inspired by Middle Earth, a musical album featuring many artists, including David Arkenstone, is released.
• 29 - Quest for the Ring airs on FOX TV.
• ? - Finding God in The Lord of the Rings is published.

[edit] December

• 4 - The documentary Master of the Rings is released.
• 15 - Tyalie Tyelellieva issue 18 is published.
• 19 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring premieres.
• ? - Tolkien: Man and Myth is published.