1966

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.
• 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.

February

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

March

• 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to George Sayer.

April

• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 285.
• 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 286.

May

• 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 287 and 288.
• 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Nancy Smith.

June

• 30 - Marton Csokas, who would play Celeborn in The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy, is born.

July

• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 289.

August

• 10 - André Sogliuzzo, who would provide many voices for Tolkien-themed video games, is born.
• ? - The magazine Rally - August, 1966, with an essay on J.R.R. Tolkien by Jared Lobdell, is published.

September

• ? - The Tolkien Reader is published in the United States.

October

• 16 - Actress Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is born.
• 26 - Finding himself short of a speech subject, J.R.R. Tolkien reads Smith of Wootton Major to a room of about 800 people.
• 28 - Tolkien writes letter 290.
• ? - The article "Tolkien on Tolkien" is published in Diplomat.

November

• 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 291.

December

• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 292.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 293.

?

• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien gifts the poem Bilbo's Last Song to his secretary, Joy Hill.

Years 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969