17 November

1968NOV17

The Clouds Burst, the 8th and last episode of the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, airs on BBC Radio

On Earth

The Hobbit (1968 radio series)

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Events that occurred on 17 November.

On Earth

• 1954 – J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rayner Heppenstall.
• 1957 – J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Dr. Herbert Schiro (letter 203).
• 1957 – J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
• 1968 – The Clouds Burst, the eighth and last episode of the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is aired on BBC Radio.
• 1996 – The website of Forodrim’s language guild, Mellonath Daeron, goes online.
• 2011 – The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is released in Brazil.

In Arda

• F.A. 495:
  • Tuor, guided by Voronwë, travels to Gondolin in order to deliver Ulmo's message to Turgon. Approaching the Echoriad they avoid a band of orcs on the Old South Road.
• T.A. 3018:
  • Frodo and Samwise rest in Rivendell and prepare for their quest to destroy the One Ring.