27 February

T.A. 3018FEB27

Skirmish between the Orcs and Uruk-hai. Grishnákh leaves and Pippin cuts his rope, dropping his brooch.

In Arda

Uruk-hai

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Events that occurred on 27 February.

On Earth

• 1917 - J.R.R. Tolkien faces his third Medical Board, and again his leave is extended.
• 1930 - Joseph Wright, former tutor of Tolkien, dies.
• 1984 - J.R.R. Tolkien's second son, Michael Tolkien, dies.
• 2004 - Lars Gustafsson writes "Professorn fick en idé".
• 2014 - The Fall of Arthur is published in paperback.
• 2014 - Farmer Giles of Ham pocket edition is published.
• 2015 - Actor and singer Leonard Nimoy dies.

In Arda

• T.A. 3019:
  • Orc skirmish, Grishnákh leaves. Pippin cuts his rope and drops his brooch.
  • The Three Hunters reach the East Wall of Rohan (west-cliff of Emyn Muil) at sunrise and find the brooch.
  • Frodo and Sam sleep at a cliff on the eastern Emyn Muil.
  • Éomer against Théoden's orders sets out from Eastfold about midnight to pursue the Orcs.