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==January==
==January==
* '''1''' - In a series of lectures aimed at children, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] lectures on ''Dragons'' in the [[University of Oxford|University]] Museum.
* '''[[1 January|1]]''' - In a series of lectures aimed at children, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] [[Lecture on Dragons|lectures on ''Dragons'']] in the [[University of Oxford|University]] Museum.
* '''8''' - [[Michael Graham Cox]], who would voice [[Boromir (son of Denethor II)|Boromir]] in ''[[Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings]]'' and [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|the 1981 radio series]], is born.
* '''[[8 January|8]]''' - [[Michael Graham Cox]], who would voice [[Boromir]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]] and [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|the 1981 radio series]], is born.
* '''10''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] goes to London to rehearse his talk at the BBC, [[January 14|four days later]].  
* '''[[10 January|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] goes to London to rehearse his talk at the BBC, [[14 January|four days later]].  
* '''14''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] gives a talk about ''Anglo-Saxon Verse'' on [[BBC|BBC Radio]].
* '''[[14 January|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] gives a talk about ''Anglo-Saxon Verse'' on [[BBC|BBC Radio]].
==February==
==February==
* '''1''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 21]].
* '''[[1 February|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 21]].
* '''4''' -  [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 22]].
* '''[[4 February|4]]''' -  [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 22]].
* '''14''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] gives an invitational speech at the Lovelace Society, the essay club of Worcester College, [[Oxford]]. He reads them ''The Legend of Worming Hall'', a story that would become ''[[Farmer Giles of Ham]]''.
* '''[[14 February|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] gives an invitational speech at the Lovelace Society, the essay club of Worcester College, [[Oxford]]. He reads them ''The Legend of Worming Hall'', a story that would become ''[[Farmer Giles of Ham]]''. [[Norman Power]] is present at the speech.
* '''17''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 23]].
* '''[[17 February|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 23]].
* '''18''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 24]].
* '''[[18 February|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 24]].
* '''20''' - In response to an article in the ''Observer'' of [[January 16]], a [[Letter 25|letter]] by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is published, explaining the name and inception of the intriguing hero, which would, according to the ''Observer'', ''"save many research students so very much trouble in the generations to come."''
* '''[[20 February|20]]''' - In response to an article in ''The Observer'' of [[16 January|January 16]], a [[Letter 25|letter]] by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is published, explaining the name and inception of the intriguing hero, which would, according to the ''Observer'', ''"save many research students so very much trouble in the generations to come."''
==March==
==March==
* '''4''' - Tolkien writes [[Letter 26]].
* '''[[4 March|4]]''' - Tolkien writes [[Letter 26]].
* '''[[26 March|26]]''' -  "[[There's magic in The Hobbit]]", [[Houghton Mifflin]]'s advertisement for ''[[The Hobbit]]'', is printed in ''Publishers Weekly''.
==June==
==June==
* '''4''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 28]].
* '''[[4 June|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 28]].
==July==
==July==
* '''24''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 31]].
* '''[[21 July|21]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to A.F. Colborn (21 July 1938)|a letter to A.F. Colborn]].
* '''25''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 29]].
* '''[[24 July|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 31]].
* '''25''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] sends an angry [[Letter 30|letter]] to a German publisher, after asking whether he was Aryan or not.  
* '''[[25 July|25]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 29]].
* '''27''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 32]].
* '''[[25 July|25]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] sends an angry [[Letter 30|letter]] to a German publisher, after being asked whether he was Aryan or not.  
* '''[[27 July|27]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 32]].
==August==
==August==
* '''31''' - Tolkien submits the finished version of Farmer Giles of Ham to [[Allen and Unwin]], but it is rejected.  
* '''[[31 August|31]]''' - Tolkien submits the finished version of ''[[Farmer Giles of Ham]]'' to [[Allen and Unwin]], but it is rejected.  
* '''31''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 33]].
* '''[[31 August|31]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 33]].
==October==
==October==
* '''13''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 34]].
* '''[[13 October|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 34]].
* '''22''' - [[Derek Jacobi]], who narrated several [[audiobooks]], is born.
* '''[[22 October|22]]''' - [[Derek Jacobi]], who narrated several [[audiobooks]], is born.
* '''27''' - [[Lascelles Abercrombie]] dies.
* '''[[27 October|27]]''' - [[Lascelles Abercrombie]] dies.
* '''29''' - [[Ralph Bakshi]], who would direct [[Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings|the animated movie]] in [[1978]], is born.  
* '''[[29 October|29]]''' - [[Ralph Bakshi]], who would direct [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|the animated movie]] in [[1978]], is born.  
==December==
==December==
* '''25''' - [[Father Christmas]] writes a [[Letters from Father Christmas|letter]] to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s children.
* '''[[24 December|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Miss Kilbride|a postcard to Miss Kilbride]].
* '''[[25 December|25]]''' - [[Father Christmas]] writes a [[Letters from Father Christmas|letter]] to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s children.
==?==
==?==
* '''?''' - ''[[The Hobbit]]'' is published in the United States and receives the New York Herald Tribune award as best children's book of the season.
* '''?''' - ''[[The Hobbit]]'' is published in the United States and receives the New York Herald Tribune award as best children's book of the season.
* '''?''' - [[E.V. Gordon]] dies.
* '''?''' - [[E.V. Gordon]] dies.
* '''?''' - ''[[The Oxford Book of Greek Verse in Translation]]'', to which [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] helped with an Introduction, is published.


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