1960

1959

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1959

1960

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1961

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1961

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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1960.

January

• 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien sends a letter to Elizabeth Jones.

February

• 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 222a.
• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 222b.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 222c.

March

• 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 222d.
• 17 - Jef Murray is born.

April

• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 222e.
• 4 - Hugo Weaving, who would play Elrond in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.

May

• 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 222f.
• ? - Triode 18, including a letter by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.

July

• 7 - Tolkien writes a letter to H.W. Donner.
• 9 - Tolkien has a formal dinner in Cambridge.
• 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 223.

September

• 4 - The Fellowship of the Ring becomes formally constituted.
• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 224.
• 23 - Jason Carter, who would voice Glorfindel in EA's The Battle for Middle-earth II and The Rise of the Witch-king, is born.

October

• 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien seeks (through his secretary Elisabeth Lumsden) to publish "a sort of satirical fantasy") believed to be The End of Bovadium in the magazine Time and Tide.

December

• 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 225.
• 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien draws Idril Celebrindal's heraldic device.
• 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 226.

?

• ? - I.L. Gordon publishes an edition of the Old English poem The Seafarer, to which J.R.R. Tolkien contributed.
• ? - The Four Loves, a book by C.S. Lewis with a reference to J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
• ? - Actor Peter Hambleton is born.

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