1961
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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1961.
January[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Jan Broberg.
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 230.
August[edit]
- 21 - An interview with J.R.R. Tolkien ("Den besynnerlige professor Tolkien") is published in Swedish.
October[edit]
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 231.
- 31 - Director Peter Jackson is born in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand.
November[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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.
?[edit]
- ? - 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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