23 August

Events that occurred on 23 August

On Earth

• 1925 - The first recorded date in the writing of the Lay of Leithian, at Line 557.
• 1974 - Mythcon 5 at Scripps College in Claremont, California.
• 1981 - The twenty-fifth episode of the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
• 1992 - The second part of the 1992 radio series of Farmer Giles of Ham is aired on BBC Radio 5.
• 1992 - Tolkien Centenary Conference, a combination of Oxonmoot 1992 and Mythcon 23, at Keble College, Oxford.
• 2006 - The Oxford Tolkien Conference at Exeter College, Oxford.

In Arda

• T.A. 3018:
  • Gandalf is held captive by Saruman on the pinnacle of Orthanc.
  • Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.