20 October
From Tolkien Gateway
Events that occurred on 20 October.
On Earth
- 1949 - Farmer Giles of Ham is published.
- 1955 - The Return of the King is published.
- 1958 - Actor Viggo Mortensen is born.
- 1965 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 278.
- 1965 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Timothy J. Wheeler.
- 1968 - Strange Lodgings, the fourth episode of the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is aired on BBC Radio.
- 1994 - The War of the Jewels is published in the UK.
- 2005 - George Sayer, friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, dies.
In Arda
- T.A. 3018:
- Glorfindel, Strider and the four hobbits reach the Ford of Bruinen where they are attacked by Black Riders. Frodo reaches the other riverside but the Riders are cast back by the water, their horses drown and their robes are destroyed.
- Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.