18 September
From Tolkien Gateway
Events which occurred on 18 September.
On Earth
- 1905 - Author George MacDonald dies.
- 1954 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 150 and 151.
- 1954 - Naomi Mitchison published a review of The Fellowship of the Ring in the New Statesman.
- 1955 - Bob Papenbrook, who would voice Théoden and Gimli in the video game The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, is born.
- 1963 - Writer Gary Russell is born.
- 1967 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Elise Honeybourne.
- 1982 - The tenth episode of the new version of the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 1993 - Oxonmoot 1993.
- 1994 - Oxonmoot 1994.
- 2003 - Oxonmoot 2003.
- 2004 - Oxonmoot 2004.
- 2004 - Lord of the Rings Symphony in Hartford, CT at Mortensen Hall.
- 2005 - Oxonmoot 2005.
- 2006 - The Children of Húrin is announced.
In Arda
- T.A. 3018:
- Gwaihir rescues Gandalf from the pinnacle of Orthanc in the early hours.
- The Black Riders cross the Fords of Isen.
- The Black Riders visit Saruman who lies that Gandalf has "confessed", and gives them directions to the Shire.[1]
- Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.