11 October

1999OCT11

Principal photography begins for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy

On Earth

The Lord of the Rings (film series)

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Events that occurred on 11 October.

On Earth

• 1913 - Actor John Bryning is born.
• 1918 - J.R.R. Tolkien is officially released from Brooklands Officers' Hospital, Kingston-upon-Hull.
• 1945 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 103.
• 1966 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 289b.
• 1979 - The Jackanory episode "The Clouds Burst" is aired on the BBC.
• 1996 - Tyalië Tyelelliéva issue 9 is published.
• 1999 - Principal photography for The Lord of the Rings (film series) begins.
• 2010 - Chilean Tolkien Society's Mereth Oronnad.

In Arda

Fifth Day After Weathertop by Ted Nasmith

• F.A. 495:
  • At Vinyamar, Ulmo speaks to Tuor and instructs him to go to Gondolin to deliver a message to Turgon.
• T.A. 3018:
  • With Frodo severely wounded, Strider and the four hobbits travel slowly towards Rivendell.
  • Glorfindel drives three Riders off the Last Bridge of Mitheithel and pursues them westward. He meets two others who flee southward. He leaves a beryl on the Bridge. He starts looking for the travellers.
  • Gandalf hurries towards Rivendell after the Black Riders attacked him on Weathertop.
  • Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.
  • Full moon