1969

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1969.

[edit] 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.

[edit] February

• 3 - Shane Rangi, who would play several characters and lead the stunt crew of The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy, is born.
• ? - David Salo, Tolkien Linguist, is born.

[edit] March

• 6 - Scholar Gergely Nagy is born.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Amy Ronald.

[edit] April

• 8 - Actor Ian Hughes is born.
• ? - Mythlore 2 is published.

[edit] May

• 7 - Producer Rick Porras is born.
• 14 - Cate Blanchett, who would play Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy, is born.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 310.

[edit] June

• 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Paul Bibire.

[edit] 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.
• 22 - Actor James Arnold Taylor is born.
• 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 311.

[edit] 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.

[edit] September

• 29 - Artist Warren Mahy is born.

[edit] October

• ? - The anthology The Young Magicians, which includes two poems by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.

[edit] November

• 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 312.
• 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 313.

[edit] December

• 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 314.

[edit] ?

• ? - 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.