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Events that occurred on 12 August

On Earth

• 1911 - Voice actor Felix Felton is born.
• 1916 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 5.
• 1944 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 78.
• 1955 - During the holiday trip to Italy, J.R.R. Tolkien and his daughter Priscilla attend High Mass at the Basilica di Santa Chiara in Assisi.
• 1959 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 216.
• 1978 - Mythcon 9 in West Sacramento, California.
• 1983 - Mythcon 14 at Scripps College in Claremont, California.
• 1984 - Mythcon 15 at Mills College in Oakland, California.
• 2004 - Voice actor Peter Woodthorpe dies.
• 2005 - The Tolkien Society's Tolkien 2005 conference in Birmingham, England.
• 2011 - Omentielva Cantea - 4th International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages in Valencia, Spain.
• 2017 - Omentielva Otsea - the Seventh International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages at California State University, East Bay.
• 2025 - Tolkien Calendar 2026 is published.

In Arda

• T.A. 3018:
  • Gandalf is held captive by Saruman on the pinnacle of Orthanc.
  • Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.