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* '''[[1937]]''' - [[C.S. Lewis]] published a review of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' in ''The Times Literary Supplement''. | * '''[[1937]]''' - [[C.S. Lewis]] published a review of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' in ''The Times Literary Supplement''. | ||
* '''[[1954]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Liège. | * '''[[1954]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Liège. | ||
* '''[[1976]]''' - [[Oxonmoot 1976]]. | * '''[[1976]]''' - [[Oxonmoot 1976]] at The Welsh Poney. | ||
* '''[[1979]]''' - The ''[[Jackanory]]'' episode "Over Hill and Under Hill" is aired on the [[BBC]]. | * '''[[1979]]''' - The ''[[Jackanory]]'' episode "Over Hill and Under Hill" is aired on the [[BBC]]. | ||
* '''[[1980]]''' - ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'' is first published by [[Allen and Unwin|George Allen & Unwin]] in the UK. | * '''[[1980]]''' - ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'' is first published by [[Allen and Unwin|George Allen & Unwin]] in the UK. | ||
Revision as of 21:28, 22 July 2011
Events which occurred on 2 October.
On Earth
- 1937 - C.S. Lewis published a review of The Hobbit in The Times Literary Supplement.
- 1954 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Liège.
- 1976 - Oxonmoot 1976 at The Welsh Poney.
- 1979 - The Jackanory episode "Over Hill and Under Hill" is aired on the BBC.
- 1980 - Unfinished Tales is first published by George Allen & Unwin in the UK.
- 1982 - The twelfth episode of the new version of the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 2009 - Ring*Con 2009.
- 2010 - Jubilee for Mithlond, the Gothenburg Tolkien Society of Sweden.
In Arda
- T.A. 3018:
- Together with Strider the four hobbits travel towards Weathertop. They enter the Midgewater Marshes.
- Gandalf travels towards Weathertop as well.
- Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.
