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==On Earth==
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==On Earth==
* '''[[1898]]''' - [[R.B. McCallum]], [[Inklings|Inkling]] is born
* '''[[1968]]''' - [[Billy Boyd]], who would play [[Peregrin Took]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy]]'', is born.
* '''[[1967]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Mr Joukes|a letter to a Mr Joukes]].
* '''[[1973]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] takes a holiday to visit friends in [[Bournemouth]]. He would die there [[September 2|5 days]] later.
 
* '''[[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.
* '''[[1968]]''' - Actor [[Billy Boyd]] is born.
* '''[[1973]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] takes a holiday to visit friends in [[Bournemouth]]. He would die there [[September 2|5 days]] later.
* '''[[1977]]''' - [[Mythcon 8]] at [[wikipedia:University of San Diego|University of San Diego]], [[wikipedia:California|California]].
* '''[[1981]]''' - [[Tom Shippey]] reviews ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' for ''The Times Literary Supplement''.
* '''[[1982]]''' - The seventh episode of the new version of the [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|1981 radio series]] of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' is aired on [[BBC|BBC Radio 4]].
* '''[[1987]]''' - Voice actor [[John Huston]] dies.
* '''[[2010]]''' - [[The Tolkien Society]]'s Southern Hemisphere seminar: "Tolkien's Odysseys - Middle-earth and Beyond".
* '''[[2014]]''' - ''[[Tolkien Calendar 2015]]'' is published.
* '''[[2018]]''' - ''[[The Hobbit Facsimile Gift Edition]]'' will be published.
 
==In Arda==
==In Arda==
* [[Third Age 3018|T.A. 3018]]:
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** {{Cal Travel-Boromir}}
* [[Third Age 3019|T.A. 3019]]:
* {{TA|3019}}:
**[[Gandalf]] and the [[travellers|four Hobbits]] overtake [[Saruman]]. While Frodo and his friends go to [[Rivendell]], Saruman heads straight for [[the Shire]].  
** [[Gandalf]], [[Celeborn]], [[Galadriel]] and the [[travellers|four Hobbits]] overtake [[Saruman]] and [[Wormtongue]]. While Frodo and his friends go to [[Rivendell]], Saruman heads straight for [[the Shire]].<ref>{{App|Chief}}</ref>
 
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References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Chief Days from the Fall of Barad-dûr to the End of the Third Age"