8 August
From Tolkien Gateway
Events which occurred on 8 August
On Earth
- 1904 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Francis Morgan.
- 1924 - Gene Deitch, who would make a short 12-minute movie of The Hobbit, is born.
- 1953 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 139.
- 1981 - Mythcon XII.
- 1986 - Mythcon XVII.
- 1994 - Mythcon XXV.
- 1995 - Tyalië Tyelelliéva issue 6 is published.
- 1997 - Mythcon XXVIII.
- 2002 - Tolkien Thing IV.
- 2005 - Omentielva Minya, the First International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages in Stockholm, Sweden.
- 2007 - Omentielva Tatya, the Second International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages.
- 2009 - Omentielva Nelya, the Third International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages in Whitehaven, England.