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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''[[4 January|4]]''' - Actor [[Graham McTavish]] is born. | |||
* '''[[5 January|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 227]]. | * '''[[5 January|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 227]]. | ||
* '''[[5 January|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Madam Ossendrijver (5 January 1961)|a letter to Mme Ossendrijver]]. | * '''[[5 January|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Madam Ossendrijver (5 January 1961)|a letter to Mme Ossendrijver]]. | ||
* '''[[24 January|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 228]]. | * '''[[24 January|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 228]]. | ||
==February== | ==February== | ||
* '''[[12 February|12]]''' - [[Joseph Pearce]] is born. | |||
* '''[[13 February|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 228a]]. | |||
* '''[[23 February|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 229]]. | * '''[[23 February|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 229]]. | ||
* '''[[28 February|28]]''' - [[Mark Ferguson]], who would play [[Gil-galad]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', is born. | * '''[[28 February|28]]''' - [[Mark Ferguson]], who would play [[Gil-galad]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', is born. | ||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''[[28 April|28]]''' - [[Jamieson Price]], who | * '''[[10 April|10]]''' - Actress [[Lorraine Ashbourne]] is born. | ||
* '''[[28 April|28]]''' - [[Jamieson Price]], who would voice [[Aragorn]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring]]'', is born. | |||
==May== | ==May== | ||
* '''[[6 May|6]]''' - Actor [[Wally Wingert]] is born. | * '''[[6 May|6]]''' - Actor [[Wally Wingert]] is born. | ||
* '''[[9 May|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Mr Hart|a letter to Mr. Hart]]. | |||
*'''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] spends a Sunday with a fan club at Queen's College in [[Cambridge]] (as the meeting happened mid-month, it was most probably on Sunday, the [[14 May|14th]] of May). | |||
* '''[[17 May|17]]''' - Singer [[Enya]] is born. | * '''[[17 May|17]]''' - Singer [[Enya]] is born. | ||
* '''[[23 May|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Rayner Unwin (23 May 1961)|a letter to Rayner Unwin]]. | * '''[[23 May|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Rayner Unwin (23 May 1961)|a letter to Rayner Unwin]]. | ||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''[[1 June|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Jan Broberg|a letter to Jan Broberg]]. | * '''[[1 June|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Jan Broberg|a letter to Jan Broberg]]. | ||
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==?== | ==?== | ||
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], nominated by [[C.S. Lewis]], was [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/05/jrr-tolkien-nobel-prize rejected by the Nobel Prize jury]. | * '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], nominated by [[C.S. Lewis]], was [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/05/jrr-tolkien-nobel-prize rejected by the Nobel Prize jury]. | ||
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Christopher Fettes|a letter to Christopher Fettes]]. | |||
* '''?''' - Author [[Joseph Pearce]] is born. | * '''?''' - Author [[Joseph Pearce]] is born. | ||
{{Years|1958|1959|1960|1961|1962|1963|1964|}} | {{Years|1958|1959|1960|1961|1962|1963|1964|}} | ||
[[Category:Years (real-world)]] | [[Category:Years (real-world)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:44, 18 December 2023
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1961.
January[edit | edit source]
- 4 - Actor Graham McTavish is born.
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 227.
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mme Ossendrijver.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 228.
February[edit | edit source]
- 12 - Joseph Pearce is born.
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 228a.
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 229.
- 28 - Mark Ferguson, who would play Gil-galad in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.
April[edit | edit source]
- 10 - Actress Lorraine Ashbourne is born.
- 28 - Jamieson Price, who would voice Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, is born.
May[edit | edit source]
- 6 - Actor Wally Wingert is born.
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mr. Hart.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien spends a Sunday with a fan club at Queen's College in Cambridge (as the meeting happened mid-month, it was most probably on Sunday, the 14th of May).
- 17 - Singer Enya is born.
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rayner Unwin.
June[edit | edit source]
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Jan Broberg.
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 230.
August[edit | edit source]
- 21 - An interview with J.R.R. Tolkien ("Den besynnerlige professor Tolkien") is published in Swedish.
October[edit | edit source]
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 231.
- 31 - Director Peter Jackson is born in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand.
November[edit | edit source]
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 232.
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Paul Barnetson.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 233.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Jane Neave.
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 234.
December[edit | edit source]
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 235.
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Miss Perry.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 236.
?[edit | edit source]
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien, nominated by C.S. Lewis, was rejected by the Nobel Prize jury.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Christopher Fettes.
- ? - Author Joseph Pearce is born.
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