15 January

T.A. 3019JAN15

The Fellowship flee Moria, Gandalf falls with the Balrog

In Arda

Bridge of Khazad-dûm

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Events that occurred on 15 January.

On Earth

• 1945 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 94c.
• 1957 - J.R.R. Tolkien is interviewed by Ruth Harshaw for the NBC radio program "Carnival of Books".
• 1965 - Actor James Nesbitt is born.
• 1967 - Philip Norman's interview with J.R.R. Tolkien is published in The Sunday Times Magazine and in The New York Times Magazine.
• 1970 - Musician Charles Deenen is born.
• 1972 - The Tolkien Society holds a general meeting and becomes formally constituted.
• 2005 - The second day of the first "The One Ring Celebration".
• 2015 - A Brief History of The Hobbit is published.

In Arda

• T.A. 3019:
  • The Fellowship of the Ring find the Chamber of Mazarbul and Balin's Tomb. Gimli takes the Book of Mazarbul.
  • Attack of the Orcs and the Balrog. Gandalf destroys the Bridge of Khazad-dûm and falls with Durin's Bane.
  • The rest of the Fellowship exits Moria and enters Dimrill Dale.
  • Gimli, Frodo and Sam gaze in Mirrormere.
  • Haldir, Rúmil and Orophin meet the Fellowship. They sleep on flets.
  • Orcs pass through Lothlórien.