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* '''[[1987]]''' - [[John Huston]], the voice of [[Gandalf]] in ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Return of the King|The Return of the King]]'', dies. | * '''[[1987]]''' - [[John Huston]], the voice of [[Gandalf]] in ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Return of the King|The Return of the King]]'', dies. | ||
==In Arda== | ==In Arda== | ||
* [[Third Age 3018|T.A. 3018]]: | |||
**{{Cal Prison-Gandalf}} | |||
**{{Cal Travel-Boromir}} | |||
* [[Third Age 3019|T.A. 3019]]: | * [[Third Age 3019|T.A. 3019]]: | ||
**[[Gandalf]] and the [[travellers|four Hobbits]] overtake [[Saruman]]. While Frodo and his friends go to [[Rivendell]], Saruman heads straight for [[the Shire]]. | **[[Gandalf]] and the [[travellers|four Hobbits]] overtake [[Saruman]]. While Frodo and his friends go to [[Rivendell]], Saruman heads straight for [[the Shire]]. | ||
[[Category:Dates]] | [[Category:Dates]] | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 10 April 2009
Events which occurred on 28 August.
On Earth
- 1968 - Billy Boyd, who would play Peregrin Took in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
- 1973 - J.R.R. Tolkien takes a holiday to visit friends in Bournemouth. He would die there 5 days later.
- 1987 - John Huston, the voice of Gandalf in Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit and The Return of the King, dies.
