8 August
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Events that occurred on 8 August
On Earth[edit]
- 1904 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Francis Morgan.
- 1924 - Director Gene Deitch is born.
- 1925 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to H.F.B. Brett-Smith.
- 1953 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 139.
- 1981 - Mythcon 12 at Mills College in Oakland, California.
- 1986 - Mythcon 17 at California State University in Long Beach.
- 1994 - Mythcon 25 at American University, Washington, D.C.
- 1995 - Tyalië Tyelelliéva issue 6 is published.
- 1995 - Parma Eldalamberon issue 11 is published.
- 1997 - Mythcon 28 at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
- 2002 - Tolkien Thing IV in Westerwald, Germany.
- 2005 - Omentielva Minya - 1st International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages in Stockholm, Sweden.
- 2007 - Omentielva Tatya - the 2nd International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages in Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2009 - Omentielva Nelya - 3rd International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages in Whitehaven, England.
- 2013 - Omentielva Lempea - 5th International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages in Helsinki, Finland.
- 2014 - Mythcon 45 in Wheaton College, Massachusetts.
- 2015 - Omentielva Enquea - Sixth International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages in Greisinger Museum, Switzerland.
