23 February

T.A. 3019FEB23

The Fellowship of the Ring are ambushed near Sarn Gebir. Legolas shoots down a Fell beast.

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Events that occurred on 23 February.

On Earth

• 1945 - A letter by J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Name Coventry", is published in the Catholic Herald.
• 1945 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 97b.
• 1961 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 229.
• 1966 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 284.
• 2009 - The 1997 documentary J.R.R. Tolkien is released on DVD in the UK.
• 2024 - It is announced that the online videogame The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth will be discontinued online.

In Arda

• T.A. 3019:
  • The Fellowship of the Ring travels south down the Anduin.
  • They are ambushed near Sarn Gebir at night. A frightened Gollum flees to the eastern bank and hides in the Emyn Muil. A flying shadow approaches but Legolas shoots it with the bow of Galadriel.