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* '''[[1979]]''' - The ''[[Jackanory]]'' episode "Barrels Out of Bond" is aired on the [[BBC]]. | * '''[[1979]]''' - The ''[[Jackanory]]'' episode "Barrels Out of Bond" is aired on the [[BBC]]. | ||
* '''[[1987]]''' - [[Roger Lancelyn Green]], [[Inklings|Inkling]] and biographer, dies. | * '''[[1987]]''' - [[Roger Lancelyn Green]], [[Inklings|Inkling]] and biographer, dies. | ||
* '''[[2004]]''' - ''[[The Lord of the Rings Symphony]]'' in Chicago, IL, Auditorium Theatre. | |||
* '''[[2009]]''' - ''[[Hordes of the Things (audiobook)|Hordes of the Things]]'' is released on CD. | |||
==In Arda== | ==In Arda== | ||
* | * {{TA|3018}}: | ||
**{{Cal Travel-Frodo2}} | ** {{Cal Travel-Frodo2}} | ||
**{{Cal Travel-Gandalf2}} | ** {{Cal Travel-Gandalf2}} | ||
**{{Cal Travel-Boromir}} | ** {{Cal Travel-Boromir}}<noinclude>[[Category:Dates]]</noinclude> | ||
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Revision as of 11:56, 4 June 2011
Events which occurred on 8 October.
On Earth
- 1920 - Nils Werenskiold, the first Norwegian translator of The Lord of the Rings, is born.
- 1937 – C.S. Lewis reviews The Hobbit in The Times.
- 1979 - The Jackanory episode "Barrels Out of Bond" is aired on the BBC.
- 1987 - Roger Lancelyn Green, Inkling and biographer, dies.
- 2004 - The Lord of the Rings Symphony in Chicago, IL, Auditorium Theatre.
- 2009 - Hordes of the Things is released on CD.
In Arda
- T.A. 3018:
- With Frodo severely wounded, Strider and the four hobbits travel slowly towards Rivendell.
- Gandalf hurries towards Rivendell after the Black Riders attacked him on Weathertop.
- Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.
