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==January== | |||
* '''[[10 January|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Michael George Tolkien (10 January 1958)|a letter to his grandson Michael George Tolkien]]. | |||
==February== | ==February== | ||
* '''[[February 21|21]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 205]]. | * '''[[17 February|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes to [[Letter to Wordsworth (17 February 1958)|Wordsworth]]. | ||
* '''[[21 February|21]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 205]]. | |||
==March== | ==March== | ||
* '''[[March 28|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is invited | * '''[[28 March|28]]''' - Actor [[Stephen Ure]] is born. | ||
* '''[[28 March|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is invited to attend a [["Hobbit Dinner" in Rotterdam]]. | |||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''[[April 8|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes letters [[letter 206|206]] and [[letter 207|207]]. | * '''[[2 April|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Peter Alford (2 April 1958)|a letter to Peter Alford]]. | ||
* '''[[April | * '''[[2 April|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Cees Ouboter|a letter to Cees Ouboter]]. | ||
* '''[[April | * '''[[3 April|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], signing as "[[Gandalf]]", sends [[Letter to an unknown Dutchman|a letter to a Dutchman]]. | ||
* '''[[8 April|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes letters [[letter 206|206]] and [[letter 207|207]]. | |||
* '''[[10 April|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 208]]. | |||
* '''[[12 April|12]]''' - [[Tony Oliver]], who would voice [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring]]'', is born. | |||
==May== | ==May== | ||
* '''[[May | * '''[[4 May|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 209]]. | ||
* '''[[5 May|5]]''' - Author [[James Branch Cabell]] dies. | |||
* '''[[26 May|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is driven at high speed to ABC Television's studio at Aston, Birmingham. | |||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 210]]. | * '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 210]]. | ||
==August== | |||
* '''[[29 August|29]]''' - British actor [[Lenny Henry]] is born. | |||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[14 October|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 211]].= | ||
* '''[[October 20|20]]''' - [[Viggo Mortensen]], who would play [[ | * '''[[20 October|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Misses E. Jones and J. Taylor|a letter to Misses E. Jones and J. Taylor]]. | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[20 October|20]]''' - [[Viggo Mortensen]], who would play [[Aragorn]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]], is born. | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[25 October|25]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 213]]. | ||
* '''[[26 October|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to L.M. Cutts|a letter to L.M. Cutts]]. | |||
* '''[[28 October|28]]''' - [[C. S. Lewis]] writes a letter to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. | |||
==November== | ==November== | ||
* '''[[November 30|30]]''' - Actor [[Gareth Jones]] dies. | * '''[[2 November|2]]''' - [[Taum Santoski]], Tolkien linguist, is born.= | ||
* '''[[10 November|10]]''' - [[C. S. Lewis]] writes a letter to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. | |||
* '''[[30 November|30]]''' - Actor [[Gareth Jones]] dies. | |||
==?== | ==?== | ||
* '''?''' - Actress [[Kathryn Hurlbutt]] is born. | |||
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (1958)|two letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]. | |||
* '''?''' - ''[[The Old English Apollonius of Tyre]]'', containing a prefatory note by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | |||
* '''?''' - [[John D. Rateliff]], editor and author, is born. | |||
* '''?''' - [[Edith Tolkien]] smashes her left arm in the garden, one of the reasons why that year became frustrating for the Tolkiens, preventing the completion of [[Letter 214]] and further work on ''the Silmarillion''. | |||
{{Years|1955|1956|1957|1958|1959|1960|1961|}} | {{Years|1955|1956|1957|1958|1959|1960|1961|}} | ||
[[Category:Years (real-world)]] | [[Category:Years (real-world)]] |
Revision as of 13:44, 21 November 2021
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1958.
January
February
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes to Wordsworth.
- 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 205.
March
- 28 - Actor Stephen Ure is born.
- 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien is invited to attend a "Hobbit Dinner" in Rotterdam.
April
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Peter Alford.
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Cees Ouboter.
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien, signing as "Gandalf", sends a letter to a Dutchman.
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 206 and 207.
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 208.
- 12 - Tony Oliver, who would voice Merry in The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, is born.
May
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 209.
- 5 - Author James Branch Cabell dies.
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien is driven at high speed to ABC Television's studio at Aston, Birmingham.
June
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 210.
August
- 29 - British actor Lenny Henry is born.
October
- 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 211.=
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Misses E. Jones and J. Taylor.
- 20 - Viggo Mortensen, who would play Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 213.
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to L.M. Cutts.
- 28 - C. S. Lewis writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
November
- 2 - Taum Santoski, Tolkien linguist, is born.=
- 10 - C. S. Lewis writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
- 30 - Actor Gareth Jones dies.
?
- ? - Actress Kathryn Hurlbutt is born.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes two letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
- ? - The Old English Apollonius of Tyre, containing a prefatory note by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
- ? - John D. Rateliff, editor and author, is born.
- ? - Edith Tolkien smashes her left arm in the garden, one of the reasons why that year became frustrating for the Tolkiens, preventing the completion of Letter 214 and further work on the Silmarillion.
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