1961

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1961.

January

• 4 - Actor Graham McTavish is born.
• 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 227.
• 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mme Ossendrijver.
• 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 228.

February

• 12 - Joseph Pearce is born.
• 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 229.
• 28 - Mark Ferguson, who would play Gil-galad in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.

April

• 10 - Actress Lorraine Ashbourne is born.
• 28 - Jamieson Price, who would voice Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, is born.

May

• 6 - Actor Wally Wingert is born.
• 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mr. Hart.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien spends a Sunday with a fan club at Queen's College in Cambridge (as the meeting happened mid-month, it was most probably on Sunday, the 14th of May).
• 17 - Singer Enya is born.
• 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rayner Unwin.

June

• 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Jan Broberg.
• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 230.

August

• 21 - An interview with J.R.R. Tolkien ("Den besynnerlige professor Tolkien") is published in Swedish.

October

• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 231.
• 31 - Director Peter Jackson is born in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand.

November

• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 232.
• 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Paul Barnetson.
• 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 233.
• 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Jane Neave.
• 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 234.

December

• 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 235.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Miss Perry.
• 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 236.

?

• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien, nominated by C.S. Lewis, was rejected by the Nobel Prize jury.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Christopher Fettes.
• ? - Author Joseph Pearce is born.

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