2 August
From Tolkien Gateway
Events which occurred on 2 August.
On Earth
- 1946 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
- 1964 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 258.
- 1966 - J.R.R. Tolkien is interviewed by William Cater.
- 1981 - The twenty-second episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 2008 - Pauline Baynes, Tolkien's favourite artist, dies.