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Events that occurred on 1 December.

1897 - Actor Cyril Ritchard is born.
1913 - J.R.R. Tolkien is elected president of Stapledon Society, a student body at Exeter College.
1914 - Tolkien's close friend at Oxford, Geoffrey Bache Smith, enters service with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
1954 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing a letter to Rayner Heppenstall.
1973 - Actor Duncan McIntyre dies.
1975 - An Extrapolation on The Silmarillion is published.
1976 - Actor Dean O'Gorman is born.
1986 - Evocation of Virgil in Tolkien's Art is published.
1995 - J.R.R. Tolkien (Writers and Their Work) is published.
2003 - Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic is published.
2003 - Tolkien: A Cultural Phenomenon is published.
2003 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King premières in Wellington, New Zealand.
2007 - Chesterton and Tolkien as Theologians is published.
2009 - The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood is released in North America.
2009 - Born of Hope is released online.
2010 - Middle-earth and Beyond: Essays on the World of J.R.R. Tolkien is published.

T.A. 3018:
- Frodo and Samwise rest in Rivendell and prepare for their quest to destroy the One Ring.

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 * '''[[2003]]''' - ''[[Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic]]'' is published.
 * '''[[2003]]''' - ''[[Tolkien: A Cultural Phenomenon]]'' is published.
+* '''[[2003]] – ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' premières in Wellington, [[New Zealand]].'''
 * '''[[2007]]''' - ''[[Chesterton and Tolkien as Theologians]]'' is published.
 * '''[[2009]]''' - ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood]]'' is released in North America.