17 August
From Tolkien Gateway
Events which occurred on 17 August
On Earth
- 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 - Helge Kåre Fauskanger, linguist, is born.
- 1973 - Mythcon IV.
- 1975 - Mythcon VI.
- 1992 - Tolkien Centenary Conference, a combination of Oxonmoot and Mythcon.
- 2008 - Mythcon XXXIX.
- 2012 - The Return of the Ring, The Tolkien Society conference at Loughborough University.