7 January
From Tolkien Gateway
Events which occurred on 7 January.
On Earth
- 1913 - Francis de Wolff, who would voice Smaug in the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is born.
- 1937 - At the request of his father, young Rayner Unwin writes a book report on Farmer Giles of Ham.
- 1948 - Jarion Monroe, who would voice the King of the Dead in EA's The Return of the King, is born.
- 1966 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 283.
- 2004 - Dutch translator Willy Wielek-Berg dies.
On Arda
- T.A. 3019:
- The Fellowship of the Ring travels south along the Misty Mountains. They reach Hollin ridge. Crebain appear and a shadow passes above them at night.