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==March==
* '''3''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 159]].
* '''6''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 160]].
==April==
* '''14''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 161]].
* '''18''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 162]].
==June==
* '''5''' - Harvey Breit writes an article on [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] in the ''New York Times Book Review''. Breit tells of  "Dr. [[Tolkein]]", and the article contains many more errors. Tolkien sends an angry letter to him.
* '''7''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 163]].
* '''29''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 164]].
* '''30''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 165]].
==July==
* '''22''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 166]].
==August==
==August==
* '''11''' - During a holiday to Italy, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and his daughter [[Priscilla Tolkien|Priscilla]] visit a mass at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Chiara_(Naples) the church of Santa Chiara].
* '''11''' - During a holiday to Italy, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and his daughter [[Priscilla Tolkien|Priscilla]] visit a mass at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Chiara_(Naples) the church of Santa Chiara].
* '''15''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 167]].
==September==
==September==
* '''7''' -  [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 168]].
* '''11''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 169]].
* '''18''' - [[Bob Papenbrook]], who would voice [[Théoden]] and [[Gimli]] in the video game [[The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring]], is born.
* '''18''' - [[Bob Papenbrook]], who would voice [[Théoden]] and [[Gimli]] in the video game [[The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring]], is born.
* '''30''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 170]].
==October==
==October==
* '''20''' - [[The Return of the King]] is published.
* '''12''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 172]].
* '''14''' - [[Gerard Murphy]], the narrator of [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|the 1981 radio series of ''The Lord of the Rings'']], is born.
* '''20''' - ''[[The Return of the King]]'' is published.
* '''21''' - Tolkien gives the O'Donnell Lecture on Celtic, not his favourite language.
* '''24''' - Tolkien writes [[letter 173]].
* '''31''' - [[W.H. Auden]] writes a review of  ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' in the ''New York Times Book Review''.
==November==
* '''10''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 174]].
* '''25''' - [[Bruce Hopkins]], who would play [[Gamling]] in ''[[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born.
* '''30''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 175]].
* '''?''' - The first episode of the [[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|first radio series of ''The Lord of the Rings]]'' is aired on [[BBC|BBC Radio]]
==December==
* '''8''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes letters [[letter 176|176]] and [[letter 177|177]].
* '''12''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 178]].
* '''14''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 179]].
==?==
* '''?''' - [[Grant Major]] is born.


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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1955.

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