1966

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1966.

January

• 4 - Author and linguist Arden R. Smith is born.
• 6 - A.R. Rahman, composer of The Lord of the Rings Musical, is born.
• 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 283.
• 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Roger Shaw.
• 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Timothy J. Wheeler.
• 11 - Robert Farquharson, who played Saruman and Denethor in The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series), dies.
• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to David Hicks.

February

• 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Donald A. Wollheim.
• 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 284.

March

• ?2 - J.R.R. Tolkien is interviewed for the article "The Hobbit-forming World of J.R.R. Tolkien".
• 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Roger Verhulst.
• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to John Bush.
• 20 - Director Kenji Kamiyama is born.
• 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to George Sayer.

April

• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 285.
• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Roger Verhulst.
• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mother Mary Anthony.
• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to James Ridolfo.
• 19 - Rayner Unwin writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
• 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rayner Unwin.
• 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 286.

May

• 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Roger Verhulst.
• 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Martin Snapp.
• 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 287 and 288.
• 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Nancy Smith.

June

• 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Royston F. Porthouse.
• 9 - John Garth is born.
• 29 - Gene Deitch's ashcan animation of The Hobbit is shown to a limited audience in New York City.
• 30 - Marton Csokas, who would play Celeborn in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.

July

• 2 - An issue of Saturday Evening Post is published, containing the an interview with Tolkien.
• 4 – The Jerusalem Bible is published.
• 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien has a formal dinner in Cambridge.
• 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives the unexpected visitors J.S. Ryan and Hans-Jörg Modlmayr.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Michael Tolkien, partly published as letter 289.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Max Rouslin.

August

• 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien is interviewed by William Cater.
• 6 - Glasgow Herald (6 August 1966), including an interview with J.R.R. Tolkien by Daphne Castell, is published.
• 10 - André Sogliuzzo, who would provide many voices for Tolkien-themed video games, is born.
• 11 - The Christian Science Monitor (11 August 1966), including an interview with J.R.R. Tolkien by Daphne Castell, is published.
• 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien lends Rayner Unwin a reading-copy of "The End of Bovadium".
• ? - The magazine Rally - August, 1966, with an essay on J.R.R. Tolkien by Jared Lobdell, is published.

September

• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rose MacNamara.
• ? - The Tolkien Reader is published in the United States.

October

• 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Clyde S. Kilby.
• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Kenneth I. Rasmussen, Jr..
• 16 - Actress Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is born.
• 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to schoolchildren.
• 26 - Finding himself short of a speech subject, J.R.R. Tolkien reads Smith of Wootton Major to a room of about 800 people.
• 28 - Tolkien writes letter 290.
• ? - The article "Tolkien on Tolkien" is published in Diplomat.

November

• 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien conducts an interview with Richard Plotz.
• 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Gene Wolfe.
• 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 291.
• 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Harry C. Bauer.
• 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien conducts an interview, published as "The Man Who Understands Hobbits".
• 30 - Letters to an American Lady is released.
• ? - New Worlds Vol. 50, No. 168, including an interview with J.R.R. Tolkien by Daphne Castell, is published.

December

• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to James S. Marsh.
• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 292.
• 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien inscribes a copy of the Japanese Hobbit to Father Hugh Maycock, and includes a brief note.
• 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien signs three American editions of The Lord of the Rings for Allen.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a second letter to James S. Marsh.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 293.

?

• Spring - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rod Jellema.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien gifts the poem Bilbo's Last Song to his secretary, Joy Hill.

Years 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969