3 October

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Events which occurred on 3 October.

1896 - William Morris, artist and author who influenced J.R.R. Tolkien, dies.
1911 - Michael Hordern, who would voice both Gandalf and J.R.R. Tolkien on radio, is born.
1937 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 16.
1976 - Oxonmoot 1976 at The Welsh Poney.
1979 - The Jackanory episode "Riddles in the Dark" is aired on the BBC.
1998 - Roddy McDowall, who voiced Samwise Gamgee in the 1980 animated film of The Return of the King, dies.
2009 - Author Gisbert Kranz dies.
2009 - Ring*Con 2009.
2010 - Jubilee for Mithlond, the Gothenburg Tolkien Society of Sweden.

T.A. 3018:
- Gandalf arrives at Weathertop and marks a stone. At night he is attacked there by the Black Riders. He manages to escape with four Riders behind him.
- Together with Strider the four hobbits travel towards Weathertop. They see flashes from the fight at Weathertop while they leave the Midgewater Marshes.
- Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.

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 * '''[[1911]]''' - [[Michael Hordern]], who would voice both [[Gandalf]] and [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on radio, is born.
 * '''[[1937]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 16]].
-* '''[[1976]]''' - [[Oxonmoot 1976]].
+* '''[[1976]]''' - [[Oxonmoot 1976]] at The Welsh Poney.
 * '''[[1979]]''' - The ''[[Jackanory]]'' episode "Riddles in the Dark" is aired on the [[BBC]].
 * '''[[1998]]''' - [[Roddy McDowall]], who voiced [[Samwise Gamgee]] in the [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|1980 animated film]] of ''[[The Return of the King]]'', dies.