5 March

Events that occurred on 5 March

On Earth

• 1959 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to William Ready.
• 1964 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Eileen Elgar (see Letter 255) and encloses the manuscripts Concerning ... 'The Hoard' and Kinship of the Half-elven.
• 1971 - Voice actor Yuri Lowenthal is born.
• 1983 - Actor Owain Arthur is born.
• 2004 - The first day of "RingCon IV" in Seattle.
• 2015 - Artist and linguist Tom Loback dies.

In Arda

• T.A. 3019:
  • Wormtongue reaches Isengard at morn.
  • Théoden and company reach Isengard at noon. They have a parley with Saruman and camp at Dol Baran.
  • Pippin looks into the Orthanc-stone and a short time later a winged Nazgûl passes over the camp. In response, Gandalf sets out with the Hobbit for Minas Tirith.
  • Frodo hides in sight of the Morannon, and leaves at dusk.