4 October

Events that occurred on 4 October.

On Earth

• 1915 - Translator Tore Zetterholm is born.
• 1953 - Actor Chris Fairbank is born.
• 1961 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 231.
• 1965 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Agatha Carew Hunt.
• 1979 - The Jackanory episode "Out of the Frying-Pan and Into the Fire" is aired on the BBC.
• 1999 - Poems from The Hobbit is published.
• 2009 - Ring*Con 2009 in Bonn, Germany.

In Arda

• T.A. 3018:
  • Together with Strider the four hobbits travel towards Weathertop.
  • Gandalf hurries towards Rivendell after the Black Riders attacked him on Weathertop.
  • Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.
• T.A. 2:
  • The Disaster of the Gladden Fields
    • Death of Isildur and his sons Elendur, Aratan and Ciryon.