March 19

Events which occurred on March 19.

[edit] On Earth

1956 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 185.
1989 - Heren Hyarmen, the oldest still existing Tolkien Society in the Southern Hemisphere, is founded by Ronald E. Krymse in São Paulo, Brasil. On January 9, 2003, the name was changed to Heren Hyarmeno, with the correct Quenya genitive to mean "Order of the South".
2000 - Fraser Kerr, who voiced Saruman in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, dies.

T.A. 2510:
- Borondir is on his way in search of the Éothéod.
T.A. 3019:
- The Host of the West reaches the Morgul Vale.
- Frodo and Samwise escape the Orcs and begin their journey along the road to Barad-dûr.