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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''[[January 1|1]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[Letter 315]]. | * '''[[January 1|1]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[Letter 315]]. | ||
* '''[[January 15|15]]''' - Musician [[Charles Deenen]] is born. | |||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''[[April 13|13]]''' - [[Tom Shippey]], then a young academic at the University of [[Birmingham]], receives a [[Tom Shippey 13 April 1970|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] after giving a speech at a Tolkien-themed convention. | * '''[[April 13|13]]''' - [[Tom Shippey]], then a young academic at the University of [[Birmingham]], receives a [[Tom Shippey 13 April 1970|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] after giving a speech at a Tolkien-themed convention. | ||
Revision as of 11:36, 25 July 2010
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1970.
January
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 315.
- 15 - Musician Charles Deenen is born.
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.
July
- 18 - Author and scholar Ármann Jakobsson is born.
September
- 4-7 - The first Mythcon is held at Harvey Mudd College.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 316.
October
- ? - The first issue of Mallorn is published.
November
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 317.
- 12 - Actor Craig Parker is born.
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 318.
?
- ? - The staff of the Oxford English Dictionary compiles an entry for "hobbit".
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