3 October: Difference between revisions

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Events that occurred on 3 October.

1896 - William Morris, artist and author who influenced J.R.R. Tolkien, dies.
1911 - Voice actor Michael Hordern 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 - Voice actor Roddy McDowall dies.
2009 - Author Gisbert Kranz dies.
2009 - Ring*Con 2009 in Bonn, Germany.
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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 * '''[[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.
+* '''[[1911]]''' - Voice actor [[Michael Hordern]] 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 [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|1980 animated film]] of ''[[The Return of the King]]'', dies.
+* '''[[1998]]''' - Voice actor [[Roddy McDowall]] dies.
 * '''[[2009]]''' - Author [[Gisbert Kranz]] dies.
 * '''[[2009]]''' - [[Ring*Con 2009]] in [[wikipedia:Bonn|Bonn]], [[Wikipedia:Germany|Germany]].