28 March

Events that occurred on 28 March.

On Earth

• 1917 - J.R.R. Tolkien attends a medical board examination in Furness, and is found to be improving, but with pains in his knees and elbows.
• 1928 - Tolkien works on the latter part of Canto IV of Lay of Leithian.
• 1939 - J.R.R. Tolkien does the second day of his training with the top-secret Government Code and Cypher School (GCCS) at their London headquarters.
• 1956 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Patricia Kirke.
• 1958 - Actor Stephen Ure is born.
• 1958 - J.R.R. Tolkien is invited to attend a "Hobbit Dinner" in Rotterdam.
• 1972 – At Buckingham Palace, J.R.R. Tolkien is appointed a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II.
• 1989 - Actor Lockwood West dies.
• 2005 - The parody book The Soddit is published.

In Arda

• T.A. 3019:
  • Celeborn and the Galadhrim cross the Anduin on many boats and take Dol Guldur. After the battle, within a few days, Galadriel throws down its walls and lays bare its pits.
  • Frodo and Sam, rescued out of the fire, rest in Ithilien.