23 August
From Tolkien Gateway
Events which occurred on 23 August.
On Earth
- 1925 - The first recorded date in the writing of the Lay of Leithian, at Line 557.
- 1974 - Mythcon V.
- 1981 - The twenty-fifth episode of the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 1992 - The second part of the 1992 radio series of Farmer Giles of Ham is aired on BBC Radio 5.
- 1992 - Tolkien Centenary Conference, a combination of Oxonmoot and Mythcon.
- 2006 - The Oxford Tolkien Conference.