8 October
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Events that occurred on 8 October.
On Earth[edit]
- 1920 - Translator Nils Werenskiold is born.
- 1937 – C.S. Lewis reviews The Hobbit in The Times.
- 1979 - The Jackanory episode "Barrels Out of Bond" is aired on the BBC.
- 1987 - Inkling and biographer Roger Lancelyn Green dies.
- 2004 - The Lord of the Rings Symphony at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- 2009 - Hordes of the Things is released on CD.
- 2015 - The Art of The Lord of the Rings is published in the UK.
- 2017 - Binding Them All is published.
In Arda[edit]
- T.A. 3018:
- With Frodo severely wounded, Strider and the four hobbits travel slowly towards Rivendell.
- Gandalf hurries towards Rivendell after the Black Riders attacked him on Weathertop.
- Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.
