19 July

Revision as of 19:26, 8 June 2011

Events which occurred on 19 July.

On Earth

• 1915 - Newly commissioned second lieutenant J.R.R. Tolkien enters army training camp.
• 1924 - Director Arthur Rankin Jr. is born.
• 1947 - Author and scholar Colin Duriez is born.
• 1950 - Simon Cadell, who would voice Celeborn in the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings, is born.
• 1981 - The twentieth episode of the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
• 1998 - Mythcon XXIX.
• 2009 - Mythcon XXXX.
• 2010 - Mythcon XXXXI in Dallas, Texas.

In Arda

• T.A. 3018:
  • Gandalf is held captive by Saruman on the pinnacle of Orthanc.
  • Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.
• T.A. 3019:
  • The funeral escort of Théoden leaves Minas Tirith, and heads for Edoras.