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Today's featured article Illustration by John Howe. Aragorn II (Third Age March 1, 2931 – Fourth Age 120, aged 210 years1) was the son of Arathorn II and Gilraen. He was was a Chieftain of the Dúnedain and a direct descendant through many generations of Isildur, the last High King of both Arnor and Gondor. Aragorn would become the greatest man of his time, leading the Men of the West against Sauron's forces, helping to destroy the One Ring, and reuniting the Kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor. Aragorn was named after his ancestor, Aragorn I. Featured articles Collaborations The improvement drive article for this week is: Guillermo del Toro's The Hobbit Let's try and improve this article to a higher standard. Past Collaborations On this day... 1907 - Author Paul H. Kocher is born. 1925 - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is first published. 1944 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 62. 1957 - Poet Roy Campbell dies. 1986 - Voice actor Otto Preminger dies. 1987 - Pictures under Discussion is published. 2010 - Musician and composer Bo Hansson dies. 2020 - Actor Bruce Allpress dies. In Arda There are no known events for this day.

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