26 September
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Events which occurred on 26 September.
On Earth
- 1902 - Clyde S. Kilby, literature professor, is born.
- 1947 - Graham Faulkner, who would voice Déagol, Bill Ferny and an Orc Captain in the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings, is born.
- 1980 - Oxonmoot 1980.
- 1981 - Oxonmoot 1981
- 1982 - Oxonmoot 1982.
- 1987 - Oxonmoot 1987.
- 1998 - Oxonmoot 1998.
- 1999 - Oxonmoot 1999.
- 2006 - Fantasy novel Here, There Be Dragons, featuring J.R.R. Tolkien as a fictional character, is published.
- 2008 - Oxonmoot 2008.
- 2009 - Oxonmoot 2009.
- 2010 - Oxonmoot 2010 at Lady Margaret Hall.
- 2010 - Lasse Lanta Autumn Meeting of Austrian Tolkien Society.
- 2010 - Decentennial Celebration and Hobbit Birthdays, North East Tolkien Society.
In Arda
- T.A. 3018:
- The Hobbits leave Fredegar Bolger back in Crickhollow to impersonate Frodo. They enter the Old Forest.
- They encounter Old Man Willow and are rescued by Tom Bombadil who hosts them to his house. Frodo dreams about Gandalf.
- Two Nazgûl come to Bree from the South road.
- Gandalf hurries towards The Shire on Shadowfax.
- Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.