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* '''[[18 January|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Justin Arundale|a letter to Justin Arundale]]. | * '''[[18 January|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Justin Arundale|a letter to Justin Arundale]]. | ||
* '''[[20 January|20]]''' - The [[1965 BBC Interview]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is made. | * '''[[20 January|20]]''' - The [[1965 BBC Interview]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is made. | ||
* '''[[20 January|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] starts writing [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski 20–26 January 1964|a letter to Professor Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]. | * '''[[20 January|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] starts writing [[Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (20–26 January 1964)|a letter to Professor Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]. | ||
* '''[[26 January|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] finishes writing [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski 20–26 January 1964|a letter to Professor Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]. | * '''[[26 January|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] finishes writing [[Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (20–26 January 1964)|a letter to Professor Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]. | ||
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* '''[[5 March|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Eileen Elgar (5 March 1964)|a letter to Eileen Elgar]] (of which a part was published as [[letter 255]]) and encloses the manuscripts [[Concerning ... 'The Hoard']] and [[Kinship of the Half-elven]]. | * '''[[5 March|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Eileen Elgar (5 March 1964)|a letter to Eileen Elgar]] (of which a part was published as [[letter 255]]) and encloses the manuscripts [[Concerning ... 'The Hoard']] and [[Kinship of the Half-elven]]. | ||
Revision as of 00:38, 29 May 2014
- You may also be looking for Third Age 1964.
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1964.
January
- First or second week: J.R.R. Tolkien invites Walter Hooper to his house. They talk mostly about C.S. Lewis, who recently had died.[1]
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 254.
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to the Royal Society of Literature.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mrs. A. Mountfield.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Justin Arundale.
- 20 - The 1965 BBC Interview with J.R.R. Tolkien is made.
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing a letter to Professor Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien finishes writing a letter to Professor Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
March
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Eileen Elgar (of which a part was published as letter 255) and encloses the manuscripts Concerning ... 'The Hoard' and Kinship of the Half-elven.
April
- ? - I, Palantir, issue 3 is published.
- 20 - Actor Andy Serkis is born.
May
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 256.
- 28 - Tree and Leaf is first published in the UK.
June
- 7 - Actor Brian Talbot is born.
- 13-15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a a letter to W.R. Matthews.
July
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Alan White.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien sends a letter to Miss J.L. Curry.
- 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 257.
- ? - L. Sprague de Camp sends Tolkien a copy of his anthology Swords & Sorcery.
August
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 258.
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 259.
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Carole Ward.
- 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 260.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 261.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to L. Sprague de Camp.
September
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 262.
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 263.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 264.
- 30 - Actor Bernard Rebel dies.
October
- 9 - Guillermo del Toro, co-writer of the upcoming The Hobbit duology, is born.
- 10 - The first episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 10 - Actor Quinton Flynn is born.
- 17 - The second episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 24 - The third episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 31 - The fourth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
November
- 1 - Actor Daran Norris is born.
- 7 - The fifth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 265.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Clyde S. Kilby.
- 14 - The sixth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 21 - The seventh episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 26 - The 1964 BBC Interview with J.R.R. Tolkien was made.
- 28 - The eighth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 30 - El hobito, the first translation into Spanish of The Hobbit, is published.
- ? - Robert Groves, Oxford's Professor of Poetry, introduces J.R.R. Tolkien to Ava Gardner. They had never heard of one another, and both did not know why the other was famous.
December
- 5 - The ninth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 12 - The tenth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 19 - The eleventh episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 26 - The twelfth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Ingeborg Korff and her pupils.
?
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the essay "The Ulsterior Motive".
- ? - Author Chris Smith is born.
- ? - Artist Quinton Hoover is born.
References
- ↑ Joseph Pearce, "Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: An Interview with Walter Hooper", in Tolkien: A Celebration, pp. 190-1
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