8 March

Events which occurred on 8 March.

On Earth

• 1939 - J.R.R. Tolkien gies the lecture On Fairy-Stories.
• 1973 - Tolkien writes Letter 349.
• 1981 - The first episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC 4.

In Arda

• T.A. 3019
  • Aragorn takes the Paths of the Dead at daybreak. He reaches the Stone of Erech at midnight.
  • Frodo and Samwise leave Henneth Annûn and say farewell to Faramir.