20 October

Events that occurred on 20 October.

On Earth

• 1784 – George Tolkien is born.
• 1911 – J.R.R. Tolkien signs a Oxford University visitor's page.
• 1949 – Farmer Giles of Ham is published.
• 1955 – The Return of the King is published.
• 1958 – J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Misses E. Jones and J. Taylor.
• 1958 – Actor Viggo Mortensen is born.
• 1965 – J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 278.
• 1965 – J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Timothy J. Wheeler.
• 1968 – Strange Lodgings, the fourth episode of the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is aired on BBC Radio.
• 1997 - Actor John Bell is born.
• 2005 – George Sayer, friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, dies.
• 2020 - The Lord of the Rings Online: War of Three Peaks expansion is released.

In Arda

• F.A. 495:
  • Tuor, guided by Voronwë, travels to Gondolin in order to deliver Ulmo's message to Turgon.
• T.A. 3018:
  • Glorfindel, Strider and the four hobbits reach the Ford of Bruinen where they are attacked by Black Riders. Frodo reaches the other riverside but the Riders are cast back by the water, their horses drown and their robes are destroyed.
  • Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.