7 January

Events which occurred on 7 January.

On Earth

• 1913 - Francis de Wolff, who would voice Smaug in the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is born.
• 1937 - At the request of his father, young Rayner Unwin writes a book report on Farmer Giles of Ham.
• 1948 - Jarion Monroe, who would voice the King of the Dead in EA's The Return of the King, is born.
• 1966 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 283.
• 2004 - Dutch translator Willy Wielek-Berg dies.

On Arda

• 3019 - The Fellowship reaches Hollin ridge. Crebain appear. A shadow passes above them at night.