1969

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1969.

January

• 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 308 and 309.
• 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Paula Coston.
• 27 - Actor and author Cliff Broadway is born.
• ? - The first issue of Mythlore is published.

February

• 3 - Shane Rangi, who would play several characters and lead the stunt crew of The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.
• ? - David Salo, Tolkien Linguist, is born.

March

• 6 - Scholar Gergely Nagy is born.
• 13 - Adam Tolkien is born.
• 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Amy Ronald.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Amy Ronald.
• ? - Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings is published.

April

• 8 - Actor Ian Hughes is born.
• ? - Mythlore 2 is published.

May

• 7 - Producer Rick Porras is born.
• 14 - Cate Blanchett, who would play Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 310.

June

• 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Paul Bibire.

July

• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien is diagnosed with an inflamed or diseased gall-bladder. Dr. Denis Tolhurst forbids him the consummation of fats (notably butter) and, in the eyes of the patient even worse, alcohol.
• 16 - Royd Tolkien is born.
• 19 - Voice actress Courtenay Taylor is born.
• 22 - Actor James Arnold Taylor is born.
• 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 311.

August

• 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mr Burrows.
• 5 - Actress Kim Mai Guest is born.
• 6 - Chris Edgerly, who would voice various characters in EA video games, is born.

September

• 29 - Artist Warren Mahy is born.

October

• 1 - Actor Charles Edwards is born.
• ? - The anthology The Young Magicians, which includes two poems by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
• ? - ‎J.R.R. Tolkien, a study by Catherine R. Stimpson, is published.‎
• 10 - Actor Manu Bennett is born.

November

• 6 - Informal date of foundation of The Tolkien Society.
• 7 - Vera Chapman announces the foundation of The Tolkien Society in the New Statesman.
• 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 312.
• 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 313.

December

• 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 314.

?

• ? - Charles Leslie Wrenn, Inkling, dies.
• ? - Bored of the Rings is published.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien sells the film, television and merchandising rights of the books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings for $250,000 to United Artists.

Years 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972