1917
From Tolkien Gateway
April
- 15 - Hans Conried, man who voiced Thorin II Oakenshield in Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit, is born.
June
- 18 - Richard Boone, who would voice Smaug in Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit, is born.
August
- 1 - "Tea Cake" Barnsley is killed in Ypres, Belgium.
November
- 16 - The Tolkien's first son, John, is born.
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- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien begins work on The Book of Lost Tales.
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