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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''[[1 January|1]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[Letter 315]]. | * '''[[1 January|1]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[Letter 315]]. | ||
* '''[[7 January|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Michael George Tolkien 7 January 1970|a letter to his grandson Michael George Tolkien]]. | * '''[[7 January|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Michael George Tolkien (7 January 1970)|a letter to his grandson Michael George Tolkien]]. | ||
* '''[[15 January|15]]''' - Musician [[Charles Deenen]] is born. | * '''[[15 January|15]]''' - Musician [[Charles Deenen]] is born. | ||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''[[13 April|13]]''' - [[Tom Shippey]], then a young academic at the University of [[Birmingham]], receives a [[Tom Shippey | * '''[[13 April|13]]''' - [[Tom Shippey]], then a young academic at the University of [[Birmingham]], receives a [[Letter to Tom Shippey|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] after giving a speech at a Tolkien-themed convention. | ||
==July== | ==July== | ||
* '''[[18 July|18]]''' - Author and scholar [[Ármann Jakobsson]] is born. | * '''[[18 July|18]]''' - Author and scholar [[Ármann Jakobsson]] is born. | ||
Revision as of 14:34, 29 May 2014
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1970.
January
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 315.
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to his grandson Michael George Tolkien.
- 15 - Musician Charles Deenen is born.
April
- 13 - Tom Shippey, then a young academic at the University of Birmingham, receives a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien after giving a speech at a Tolkien-themed convention.
July
- 18 - Author and scholar Ármann Jakobsson is born.
September
- 4-7 - The first Mythcon is held at Harvey Mudd College.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 316.
October
- 31 - Actor Nolan North is born.
- ? - The first issue of Mallorn is published.
November
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 317.
- 12 - Actor Craig Parker is born.
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 318.
December
- 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to W.A.R. Hadley.
?
- ? - The staff of the Oxford English Dictionary compiles an entry for "hobbit".
- ? - Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist is published.
- ? - José Manuel Ferrández Bru, Spanish writer, is born.
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