8 January
From Tolkien Gateway
Events which occurred on 8 January.
On Earth
- 1938 - Michael Graham Cox, who would voice Boromir in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings and The Lord of the Rings 1981 radio series, is born.
- 1944 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 54.
- 1968 - J.R.R. Tolkien reads over The New Shadow and most likely starts typing a final typescript.
- 1971 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 319.
In Arda
- T.A. 3019:.
- The Fellowship of the Ring reach Hollin. Crebain appear and a shadow passes above them at night.