1966

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1965

Preceded by

1965

1966

Year

1967

Followed by

1967

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1966.

January

4 - Author and linguist Arden R. Smith is born.
6 - A.R. Rahman, composer of The Lord of the Rings (musical), is born.
7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 283.
7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Roger Shaw.
10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Timothy J. Wheeler.
11 - Robert Farquharson, who played Saruman and Denethor in The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series), dies.
12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to David Hicks.
12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 283a.
29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 283b.

February

10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Donald A. Wollheim.
23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 284.

March

?2 - J.R.R. Tolkien is interviewed for the article "The Hobbit-forming World of J.R.R. Tolkien".
9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Roger Verhulst.
11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 284a.
12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to John Bush.
20 - Director Kenji Kamiyama is born.
21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to George Sayer.

April

8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 285.
8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Roger Verhulst.
12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mother Mary Anthony.
12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to James Ridolfo.
14 - Actor Lloyd Owen is born.
19 - Rayner Unwin writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rayner Unwin.
27 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 286.

May

3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Roger Verhulst.
6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Martin Snapp.
10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 287 and 288.
30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Nancy Smith.

June

1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Royston F. Porthouse.
9 - John Garth is born.
30 - Marton Csokas, who would play Celeborn in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.

July

2 - An issue of Saturday Evening Post is published, containing the an interview with Tolkien.
4 – The Jerusalem Bible is published.
23 - J.R.R. Tolkien has a formal dinner in Cambridge.
27 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives the unexpected visitors J.S. Ryan and Hans-Jörg Modlmayr.
29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Michael Tolkien, partly published as letter 289.
29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Max Rouslin.

August

2 - J.R.R. Tolkien is interviewed by William Cater.
6 - Glasgow Herald (6 August 1966), including an interview with J.R.R. Tolkien by Daphne Castell, is published.
10 - André Sogliuzzo, who would provide many voices for Tolkien-themed video games, is born.
11 - The Christian Science Monitor (11 August 1966), including an interview with J.R.R. Tolkien by Daphne Castell, is published.
19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 289a.
24 - J.R.R. Tolkien lends Rayner Unwin a reading-copy of The End of Bovadium.
25 - Rayner Unwin writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien and suggests that The End of Bovadium be published in The Oxford Magazine.
? - The magazine Rally - August, 1966, with an essay on J.R.R. Tolkien by Jared Lobdell, is published.

September

12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rose MacNamara.
? - The Tolkien Reader is published in the United States.

October

11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 289b.
12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Kenneth I. Rasmussen, Jr..
14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 289c.
16 - Actress Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is born.
17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to schoolchildren.
18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 289d.
26 - Finding himself short of a speech subject, J.R.R. Tolkien reads Smith of Wootton Major to a room of about 800 people.
27 - The second edition of The Lord of the Rings is published.
28 - Tolkien writes letter 290.
? - The article "Tolkien on Tolkien" is published in Diplomat.

November

1 - J.R.R. Tolkien conducts an interview with Richard Plotz.
7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 290a.
22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 291.
24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Harry C. Bauer.
30 - J.R.R. Tolkien conducts an interview, published as "The Man Who Understands Hobbits".
30 - Letters to an American Lady is released.
? - New Worlds Vol. 50, No. 168, including an interview with J.R.R. Tolkien by Daphne Castell, is published.

December

8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to James S. Marsh.
12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 292.
14 - J.R.R. Tolkien inscribes a copy of the Japanese Hobbit to Father Hugh Maycock, and includes a brief note.
15 - J.R.R. Tolkien signs three American editions of The Lord of the Rings for Allen.
29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a second letter to James S. Marsh.
29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 293.

?

Spring - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rod Jellema.
? - J.R.R. Tolkien gifts the poem Bilbo's Last Song to his secretary, Joy Hill.
? - Second edition of The Lord of the Rings by Allen & Unwin.^[1]

References

↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. lii

Years
1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

[1] Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. lii

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