1969
From Tolkien Gateway
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1969.
January
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 308 and 309.
- 27 - Actor and author Cliff Broadway is born.
- ? - The first issue of Mythlore is published.
February
- 3 - Shane Rangi, who would play several characters and lead the stunt crew of The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.
- ? - David Salo, Tolkien Linguist, is born.
March
- 6 - Scholar Gergely Nagy is born.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Amy Ronald.
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Amy Ronald.
April
- 8 - Actor Ian Hughes is born.
- ? - Mythlore 2 is published.
May
- 7 - Producer Rick Porras is born.
- 14 - Cate Blanchett, who would play Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 310.
June
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Paul Bibire.
July
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien is diagnosed with an inflamed or diseased gall-bladder. Dr. Denis Tolhurst forbids him the consummation of fats (notably butter) and, in the eyes of the patient even worse, alcohol.
- 19 - Voice actress Courtenay Taylor is born.
- 22 - Actor James Arnold Taylor is born.
- 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 311.
August
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mr Burrows.
- 5 - Actress Kim Mai Guest is born.
- 6 - Chris Edgerly, who would voice various characters in EA video games, is born.
September
- 29 - Artist Warren Mahy is born.
October
- ? - The anthology The Young Magicians, which includes two poems by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien, a study by Catherine R. Stimpson, is published.
November
- 6 - Informal date of foundation of The Tolkien Society.
- 7 - Vera Chapman announces the foundation of The Tolkien Society in the New Statesman.
- 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 312.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 313.
December
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 314.
?
- ? - Royd Tolkien is born.
- ? - Charles Leslie Wrenn, Inlking, dies.
- ? - Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings is published.
- ? - Bored of the Rings is published.
- ? - Ken Rudolph Calendar 1969 is released.
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