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* '''[[2 January|2]]''' - In honour of his 80th birthday the following day, [[The Sunday Times Magazine (2 January 1972)|''The Sunday Times Magazine'']] runs an interview of [[William Cater]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "The Lord of the Legends".  
* '''[[2 January|2]]''' - In honour of his 80th birthday the following day, [[The Sunday Times Magazine (2 January 1972)|''The Sunday Times Magazine'']] runs an interview of [[William Cater]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "The Lord of the Legends".  
* '''[[3 January|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] celebrates his 80th birthday.
* '''[[3 January|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] celebrates his 80th birthday.
* '''[[3 January|3]]''' - [[The Tolkien Society]] wishes J.R.R. Tolkien a happy 80th birthday in ''The Times.''
* '''[[3 January|3]]''' - [[The Tolkien Society]] sends Tolkien a jar of tobacco as a birthday present.
* '''[[15 January|15]]''' - [[The Tolkien Society]] holds a general meeting and becomes formally constituted.
* '''[[24 January|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 332]].
* '''[[24 January|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 332]].
* '''[[30 January|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Michael George Tolkien 30 January 1972|a letter to his grandson Michael George Tolkien]].
* '''[[30 January|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Michael George Tolkien (30 January 1972)|a letter to his grandson Michael George Tolkien]].
* '''[[30 January|30]]''' - Actress [[Jennifer Hale]] is born.
* '''[[30 January|30]]''' - Actress [[Jennifer Hale]] is born.
==February==
==February==
* '''[[6 February|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society 6 February 1972|a letter to Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society]].
* '''[[6 February|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society|a letter to Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society]].
* '''[[9 February|9]]''' - Actor [[Crispin Freeman]] is born.  
* '''[[9 February|9]]''' - Actor [[Crispin Freeman]] is born.  
* '''[[26 February|26]]''' - Actor [[Keith Ferguson]] is born.
* '''[[26 February|26]]''' - Actor [[Keith Ferguson]] is born.
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* '''[[28 March|28]]''' - At Buckingham Palace, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is appointed a [[wikipedia:Order of the British Empire|CBE]] by Queen Elizabeth II.
* '''[[28 March|28]]''' - At Buckingham Palace, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is appointed a [[wikipedia:Order of the British Empire|CBE]] by Queen Elizabeth II.
* '''[[30 March|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 334]].
* '''[[30 March|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 334]].
==April==
* '''[[19 April|19]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Eva Heilborn|a letter to Eva Heilborn]].
* '''[[28 April|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Mrs Robertson|a letter to Mrs Robertson]].
==May==
==May==
* '''[[18 May|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 335]].
* '''[[18 May|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 335]].
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==June==
==June==
* '''[[6 June|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 338]].
* '''[[6 June|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 338]].
* '''[[11 June|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Robert Burchfield (11 June 1972)|a letter to Robert Burchfield]].
* '''[[27 June|27]]''' - [[Vera Chapman]] meets [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. He agrees to become [[The Tolkien Society]]'s Honorary President.
* '''[[30 June|30]]''' - [[Mythcon III]] begins.
* '''[[30 June|30]]''' - [[Mythcon III]] begins.
* '''[[30 June|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 339]].
* '''[[30 June|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 339]].
==July==
==July==
* '''[[4 July|4]]''' - [[Mythcon III]] ends.
* '''[[4 July|4]]''' - [[Mythcon III]] ends.
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* '''[[17 September|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 341]].
* '''[[17 September|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 341]].
==October==
==October==
* '''[[12 October|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Rayner Unwin 12 October 1972|a letter to Rayner Unwin]].
* '''[[12 October|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Rayner Unwin (12 October 1972)|a letter to Rayner Unwin]].
* '''[[21 October|21]]''' - Actor [[Felix Felton]] dies.
* '''[[21 October|21]]''' - Actor [[Felix Felton]] dies.
* '''?''' - ''[[Master of Middle-earth|Master of Middle-earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' is published.
* '''?''' - ''[[Master of Middle-earth|Master of Middle-earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' is published.
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* '''?''' - Scholar [[Anne C. Petty]] presents her Ph.D. thesis ''[[One Ring to Bind Them All: Tolkien's Mythology|The Creative Mythology of J.R.R. Tolkien: A Study of the Mythic Impulse]]''.
* '''?''' - Scholar [[Anne C. Petty]] presents her Ph.D. thesis ''[[One Ring to Bind Them All: Tolkien's Mythology|The Creative Mythology of J.R.R. Tolkien: A Study of the Mythic Impulse]]''.
* '''?''' - Scholar [[Stefan Ekman]] is born.
* '''?''' - Scholar [[Stefan Ekman]] is born.
 
* '''?''' - ''[[A Glossary of the Eldarin Tongues]]'' is published.
* '''?''' - [[Mallorn 5|''Mallorn'' 5]] is published.
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