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* '''[[17 May|17]]''' - Singer [[Enya]] is born. | * '''[[17 May|17]]''' - Singer [[Enya]] is born. | ||
* '''[[23 May|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Rayner Unwin 23 May 1961|a letter to Rayner Unwin]]. | * '''[[23 May|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Rayner Unwin 23 May 1961|a letter to Rayner Unwin]]. | ||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''[[1 June|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Jan Broberg 1 June 1961|a letter to Jan Broberg]]. | * '''[[1 June|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Jan Broberg 1 June 1961|a letter to Jan Broberg]]. | ||
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* '''[[15 November|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 233]]. | * '''[[15 November|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 233]]. | ||
* '''[[22 November|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 234]]. | * '''[[22 November|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 234]]. | ||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''[[6 December|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 235]]. | * '''[[6 December|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 235]]. | ||
* '''[[30 December|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 236]]. | * '''[[30 December|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 236]]. | ||
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* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], nominated by [[C.S. Lewis]], was [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/05/jrr-tolkien-nobel-prize rejected by the Nobel Prize jury]. | |||
{{Years|1958|1959|1960|1961|1962|1963|1964|}} | {{Years|1958|1959|1960|1961|1962|1963|1964|}} | ||
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Revision as of 09:52, 6 January 2012
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1961.
January
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 227.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 228.
February
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 229.
- 28 - Mark Ferguson, who would play Gil-galad in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.
April
- 28 - Jamieson Price, who voiced Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, is born.
May
- 6 - Actor Wally Wingert is born.
- 17 - Singer Enya is born.
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rayner Unwin.
June
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Jan Broberg.
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 230.
August
- 21 - An interview with J.R.R. Tolkien ("Den besynnerlige professor Tolkien") is published in Swedish.
October
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 231.
- 31 - Director Peter Jackson is born in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand.
November
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 232.
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Paul Barnetson.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 233.
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 234.
December
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 235.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 236.
?
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien, nominated by C.S. Lewis, was rejected by the Nobel Prize jury.
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