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==April==
==April==
* '''[[13 April|13]]''' - [[Tom Shippey]], then a young academic at the University of [[Birmingham]], receives a [[Tom Shippey ?12 April 1970|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] after giving a speech at a Tolkien-themed convention.
* '''[[13 April|13]]''' - [[Tom Shippey]], then a young academic at the University of [[Birmingham]], receives a [[Tom Shippey ?12 April 1970|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.
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* '''[[31 October|31]]''' - Actor [[Nolan North]] is born.
* '''[[31 October|31]]''' - Actor [[Nolan North]] is born.
* '''?''' - The [[Mallorn 1|first issue]] of ''[[Mallorn (journal)|Mallorn]]'' is published.
* '''?''' - The [[Mallorn 1|first issue]] of ''[[Mallorn (journal)|Mallorn]]'' is published.
==November==
==November==
* '''[[1 November|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 317]].
* '''[[1 November|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 317]].
* '''[[12 November|12]]''' - Actor [[Craig Parker]] is born.
* '''[[12 November|12]]''' - Actor [[Craig Parker]] is born.
* '''[[22 November|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 318]].
* '''[[22 November|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 318]].
==December==
* '''[[14 December|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[W.A.R. Hadley 14 December 1970|a letter to W.A.R. Hadley]].
==?==
==?==
* '''?''' - The staff of the Oxford English Dictionary compiles an entry for "[[Hobbits|hobbit]]".
* '''?''' - The staff of the Oxford English Dictionary compiles an entry for "[[Hobbits|hobbit]]".

Revision as of 13:52, 19 March 2012

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1970.

January

April

July

September

October

November

December

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1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973