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Events that occurred on 17 August

1953 – J.R.R. Tolkien agrees with Rayner Unwin on the book titles for his sequel to The Hobbit: they will be The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.
1971 - Linguist Helge Fauskanger is born.
1973 - Mythcon IV in Santa Barbara, California.
1975 - Mythcon VI at Scripps College in Claremont, California.
1992 - Tolkien Centenary Conference, a combination of Oxonmoot 1992 and Mythcon XXIII, at Keble College, Oxford.
2008 - Mythcon XXXIX at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut.
2012 - The Return of the Ring, Tolkien Society conference at Loughborough University, England.

T.A. 3018:
- Gandalf is held captive by Saruman on the pinnacle of Orthanc.
- Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.

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 * '''[[1953]]''' – [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] [[Letter 140|agrees]] with [[Rayner Unwin]] on the book titles for his sequel to ''[[The Hobbit]]'': they will be ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', ''[[The Two Towers]]'' and ''[[The Return of the King]]''.
-* '''[[1971]]''' - Linguist [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]] is born.
+* '''[[1971]]''' - Linguist [[Helge Fauskanger]] is born.
 * '''[[1973]]''' - [[Mythcon IV]] in [[wikipedia:Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]], [[wikipedia:California|California]].
 * '''[[1975]]''' - [[Mythcon VI]] at [[wikipedia:Scripps College|Scripps College]] in [[wikipedia:Claremont, California|Claremont]], [[wikipedia:California|California]].