1968

March

• 25 - Michael Reisz , who would voice Legolas inThe Fellowship of the Ring, is born

May

• ? - Tolkien researcher Michael Drout is born.

August

• 28 - Billy Boyd, who would play Peregrin Took in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, is born.

September

• ? - The radioseries of The Hobbit is started, it airs a total of four hours until November.

?

• ? - The Tolkiens move to Poole, near Bornemouth, a seaside resort.
• ? - After the death of his father, Rayner Unwin becomes chairman of Allen and Unwin.

Years 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971