29 February
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Events which occurred on 29 February.
On Earth
- 1968 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 301.
- 2004 - Peter Jackson's The Return of the King wins 11 Oscars at the 76th Academy Awards.
In Arda
- T.A. 3019
- Aragorn reaches the Downs.
- Merry and Pippin escape from the Orcs and meet Treebeard. The Rohirrim attack at sunrise and destroy the Orcs; death of Grishnakh and Ugluk.
- The hobbits meet Treebeard who leads them to Wellinghall and they drink the Entmead.
- Frodo and Samwise descend from the Emyn Muil and meet Gollum.
- Faramir sees the funeral boat of his brother Boromir.