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Events that occurred on 2 August

On Earth

• 1946 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
• 1964 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 258.
• 1966 - J.R.R. Tolkien is interviewed by William Cater.
• 1968 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Robert Havard.
• 1981 - The twenty-second episode of the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
• 1993 - Mythcon 24 at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
• 1999 - Mythcon 30 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
• 2004 - Mythcon 35 at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
• 2015 - Mythcon 46 in Hotel Elegante, Colorado Springs.

In Arda

• T.A. 3018:
  • Gandalf is held captive by Saruman on the pinnacle of Orthanc.
  • Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.
• T.A. 3019:
  • The funeral procession of king Théoden travels toward Edoras.