23 January
From Tolkien Gateway
Events that occurred on 23 January.
On Earth[edit]
- 1917 - J.R.R. Tolkien faces a Medical Board in Birmingham, but he is not deemed fit to return to war.
- 1939 - The Brothers Hildebrandt are born.
- 2020 - Barbara Remington, cover artist on some American editions, dies.
- 2021 - Tolkien and the Classical World is published.
In Arda[edit]
- T.A. 3019:
- The Fellowship of the Ring rests in Lothlórien.
- Gandalf pursues the Balrog to the peak of Celebdil.
