18 December
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Events which occurred on 18 December.
On Earth
- 1944 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 92.
- 1949 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 122.
- 1955 - "The Breaking of the Fellowship", the sixth episode of the 1955 radio series of The Fellowship of the Ring, is aired on the BBC Third Programme.
- 1965 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 282.
- 1977 - Cyril Ritchard, who voiced Elrond in Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit, dies.
- 2002 – Peter Jackson's The Two Towers premieres.
- 2007 - MGM and New Line Cinema announce Guillermo del Toro's The Hobbit and its unnamed sequel.
In Arda
- T.A. 3018
- The Fellowship of the Ring is formed.