Events that occurred on 22 January.
On Earth
- 1928 - J.R.R. Tolkien reads a paper, The Chill Barbarians of the North, at a meeting of the Newman Society, in Oxford.
- 1940 - Actor John Hurt is born.
- 1954 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 143.
- 1956 - The New York Times Book Review publishes W.H. Auden's review of The Return of the King, "At the End of the Quest, Victory".
- 2003 - Tolkien's eldest son John Francis Reuel Tolkien dies.
In Arda
- T.A. 3019:
- The Fellowship of the Ring rests in Lothlórien.
- Uglúk's troop reach Moria, and gather a group of Orcs there.
- New moon[1]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Time-scheme for The Lord of the Rings" (Marquette MSS 4/2/18) in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion