12 July

T.A 1944JUL12

The Disaster of the Morannon, death of King Ondoher & both his sons

In Arda

Disaster of the Morannon

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Events that occurred on 12 July.

On Earth

• 1918 - J.R.R. Tolkien is readmitted to Brooklands Officers' Hospital, Kingston-upon-Hull by this date.
• 1940 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 38a.
• 1967 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing letter 295b.
• 1973 - J.R.R. Tolkien is awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Edinburgh.
• 1973 - Actor Jørn Benzon is born.
• 1979 - Mythcon 10 in San Jose, California.
• 1981 - The nineteenth episode of the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
• 2002 - Przemyslaw Mroczkowski, scholar and friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, dies.
• 2005 - Der Berggeist is auctioned at Sotheby's.
• 2005 - Tolkien Thing VII in Hohensolms, Hohenahr, Germany.
• 2008 - Tolkien Thing X in Rieneck, Germany.
• 2013 - Mythcon 44 at Michigan State University, East Lansing.

In Arda

• T.A. 1944:
  • The Disaster of the Morannon.
  • Death of Ondoher, King of Gondor, and his sons Artamir and Faramir.
• T.A. 3018:
  • Gandalf is held captive by Saruman on the pinnacle of Orthanc.
  • Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.