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* '''[[1937]]''' - [[C.S. Lewis]] published a review of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' in ''The Times Literary Supplement''. | * '''[[1937]]''' - [[C.S. Lewis]] published a review of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' in ''The Times Literary Supplement''. | ||
* '''[[1947]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[A.W. Riddle 2 October 1947|a letter to A.W. Riddle]]. | |||
* '''[[1954]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] receives an honorary doctorate from the [[wikipedia:University of Liège|University of Liège]]. | * '''[[1954]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] receives an honorary doctorate from the [[wikipedia:University of Liège|University of Liège]]. | ||
* '''[[1976]]''' - [[Oxonmoot 1976]] at The Welsh Poney. | * '''[[1976]]''' - [[Oxonmoot 1976]] at The Welsh Poney. | ||
Revision as of 16:18, 2 January 2012
Events that occurred on 2 October.
On Earth
- 1937 - C.S. Lewis published a review of The Hobbit in The Times Literary Supplement.
- 1947 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to A.W. Riddle.
- 1954 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Liège.
- 1976 - Oxonmoot 1976 at The Welsh Poney.
- 1979 - The Jackanory episode "Over Hill and Under Hill" is aired on the BBC.
- 1980 - Unfinished Tales is first published in the UK.
- 1982 - The twelfth episode of the new version of the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 2009 - Ring*Con 2009 in Bonn, Germany.
- 2010 - Jubilee for Mithlond, the Gothenburg Tolkien Society of Sweden.
In Arda
- T.A. 3018:
- Together with Strider the four hobbits travel towards Weathertop. They enter the Midgewater Marshes.
- Gandalf travels towards Weathertop as well.
- Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.
