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* '''[[10 January|10]]''' - Screenwriter [[Fran Walsh]] is born.
* '''[[10 January|10]]''' - Screenwriter [[Fran Walsh]] is born.
* '''[[12 January|12]]''' - [[Simon Tolkien]] is born.
* '''[[12 January|12]]''' - [[Simon Tolkien]] is born.
==February==
* '''[[5 February|5]]''' - [[Peter Emshwiller]], who would provide the voice of [[Thranduil]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'', is born.
==March==
* '''[[5 March|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to William Ready (5 March 1959)|a letter to William Ready]].
* '''[[20 March|20]]''' - Game designer [[Anders Blixt]] is born.
==April==
==April==
* '''[[April 17|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 215]].
* '''[[17 April|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 215]].
* '''[[April 17|17]]''' - [[Sean Bean]], who would play [[Boromir]] in [[The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy]], is born.
* '''[[17 April|17]]''' - [[Sean Bean]], who would play [[Boromir]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]], is born.


==May==
* '''[[26 May|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Miss Robinson|a letter to Miss Robinson]].
* '''[[30 May|30]]''' - Swedish-French director [[Charlotte Brändström]] is born.
==June==
==June==
* '''[[5 June|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] delivers the [[Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford]].
* '''[[5 June|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] delivers the [[Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford]].
==July==
==July==
* '''[[July 16|16]]''' - [[Bob Joles]], who would voice [[Gimli]], [[Treebeard]] and [[Dáin Ironfoot]] in various [[Electronic Arts|EA]] video games, is born.
* '''[[16 July|16]]''' - [[Bob Joles]], who would voice [[Gimli]], [[Treebeard]] and [[Dáin Ironfoot]] in various [[Electronic Arts|EA]] video games, is born.
==August==
==August==
* '''[[1 August|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] serves the first Mass of [[Robert Murray]].
* '''[[1 August|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] serves the first Mass of [[Robert Murray]].
* '''[[12 August|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 216]].
* '''[[12 August|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 216]].
==September==
==September==
* '''[[10 September|10]]''' - Actor [[Jim Meskimen]] is born.
* '''[[10 September|10]]''' - Actor [[Jim Meskimen]] is born.
* '''[[11 September|11]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[letter 217]].
* '''[[11 September|11]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[letter 217]].
==October==
==October==
* '''[[October 9|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 218]].
* '''[[9 October|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 218]].
* '''[[October 14|14]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[letter 219]].
* '''[[15 October|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 220]].
* '''[[October 15|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 220]].
* '''[[16 October|16]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[letter 219]].
==November==
==November==
* '''[[November 24|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 221]].
* '''[[8 November|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Naomi Mitchison|a letter to Naomi Mitchison]].
* '''[[24 November|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 221]].
* '''?'''' - The poem "[[The Passing of the Elven-kind]]" by Ted Johnstone, the oldest known published [[fanfiction|Tolkien fan faction]], is published.
 
==December==
==December==
* '''[[December 9|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 222]].
* '''[[9 December|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 222]].
* '''[[December 29|29]]''' - [[Brian Sergent]], who would play [[Ted Sandyman]] in the extended edition of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', is born.
* '''[[29 December|29]]''' - [[Brian Sergent]], who would play [[Ted Sandyman]] in the extended edition of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', is born.
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski December 1959|a letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]].
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (December 1959)|a letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]].
 
==?==
==?==
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] retires from the Merton professorship at the [[University of Oxford]].
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] retires from the Merton professorship at the [[University of Oxford]].
* '''?''' - Author [[Douglas A. Anderson]] is born.
* '''?''' - Author [[Douglas A. Anderson]] is born.
* '''?''' - Science fiction scholar [[Michael Martinez]] is born.
* '''?''' - Science fiction scholar [[Michael Martinez]] is born.
* '''?''' - [[Peter Emshwiller]], who would provide the voice of [[Thranduil]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'', is born.


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