Events that occurred on 2 December.
On Earth
- 1916 - J.R.R. Tolkien attends a military medical board examination, and is sent to Great Haywood to recuperate.
- 1933 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
- 1945 - J.R.R. Tolkien submits The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son for publication.
- 1953 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 142.
- 1954 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 158.
- 1954 - J.R.R. Tolkien finishes writing a letter to Rayner Heppenstall.
- 1955 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Elizabeth Jennings.
- 1956 - The third episode of 1956 radio series of The Lord of the Rings airs on the BBC Third Programme.
- 1968 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rayner Unwin, commenting that, though The End of Bovadium was on the list of unpublished works, he had "no intention of publishing" it to keep it from preventing him from working on The Silmarillion.
- 1989 - Oxford Professor Norman Davis dies.
- 2021 - Actor Antony Sher dies.
In Arda
- T.A. 3018:
- Frodo and Samwise rest in Rivendell and prepare for their quest to destroy the One Ring.
- First quarter[1]
References
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. xlviii