1971

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1971.

January

• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 319.
• 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 320.

February

• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 321.
• 12 - Actor Scott Menville is born.
• 25 - Actor Sean Astin is born.

March

• 5 - Actor Yuri Lowenthal is born.
• 18 - Tolkien writes letter 322.

May

• 19 - Actor Grant George is born.

June

• 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien begins writing letter 323.
• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien begins writing letter 324.
• 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Brian Miller.

July

• 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 325.
• 18 - Actress Sarah McLeod is born.
• 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 326.

August

• 17 - Linguist Helge Fauskanger is born.
• 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 327.

September

• 1 - Actor Dave Wittenberg is born.
• 3-6 - Mythcon II.

October

• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 329, a draft only.

November

• 29 - Edith Tolkien dies after a short but severe illness attributed to an inflamed gall-bladder.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 331.

December

• 20 - Actor Michael Yurchak is born.
• 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Eileen Elgar.
• 25 - Attacks of Taste, with a contribution by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.

?

• ? - Tolkien and The Silmarillion is published.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to his brother (the Hilary Tolkien 1971 letter).
• ? - In Autumn, J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 328.

Years 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974