1971
From Tolkien Gateway
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1971.
January[edit]
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 319.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 320.
February[edit]
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 321.
- 12 - Actor Scott Menville is born.
- 13 - Rachel Tolkien is born.
- 22 - Producer Callum Greene is born.
- 25 - Actor Sean Astin is born.
March[edit]
- 5 - Actor Yuri Lowenthal is born.
- 18 - Tolkien writes letter 322.
April[edit]
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Randy Trimmer.
May[edit]
- 19 - Actor Grant George is born.
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Dorothy Wood.
June[edit]
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien begins writing letter 323.
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien begins writing letter 324.
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to "My dear Ladies".
- 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Brian Miller.
July[edit]
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 325.
- 18 - Actress Sarah McLeod is born.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 326.
- ? - Shadows of Heaven: Religion and Fantasy in the Fiction of C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams and J.R.R. Tolkien is published.
August[edit]
- 17 - Linguist Helge Fauskanger is born.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 327.
September[edit]
- 1 - Actor Dave Wittenberg is born.
- 3-6 - Mythcon 2.
October[edit]
- 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Joy Hill.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 329, a draft only.
November[edit]
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 330.
- 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Miss Fay Darrington.
- 29 - Edith Tolkien dies after a short but severe illness attributed to an inflamed gall-bladder.
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 331.
December[edit]
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to George and Moira Sayer.
- 20 - Actor Michael Yurchak is born.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Eileen Elgar.
- 25 - Attacks of Taste, with a contribution by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Joy Hill.
- 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to W.B. Crouch of the Southern Cigar, Co..
?[edit]
- ? - Tolkien and The Silmarillion is published.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to his brother (the Letter to Hilary Tolkien letter).
- ? - In Autumn, J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 328.
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