1941

January

• 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien resigns as Governor of King Edward's School, Birmingham.
• 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 41.
• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 42.

March

• 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing letter 43.
• 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 44.

June

• 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 45.

August

• 4 - Martin Jarvis, who would voice Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, is born.

November

• 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 46.

December

• 22 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
• 24 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.

?

• ? - Marian Diamond, who would voice Galadriel in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
• ? - Ian Mune, who played a bounder is Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.

Years 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944