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Events that occurred on 8 March.

On Earth

• 1939 - J.R.R. Tolkien gives the lecture On Fairy-Stories.
• 1941 - J.R.R. Tolkien finishes writing Letter 43.
• 1956 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to William Galbraith.
• 1973 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 348a.
• 1973 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 349.
• 1981 - The first episode of the 1981 radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
• 2004 - The final day of "RingCon IV" in Seattle.

In Arda

• T.A. 3019:
  • Frodo and Sam leave Henneth Annûn and say farewell to Faramir. Gollum comes with them.
  • Gandalf travels with Pippin along the White Mountains towards Minas Tirith.
  • Aragorn and the Grey Company take the Paths of the Dead at daybreak. They reach the Stone of Erech at midnight.
  • Théoden and the éoherë travel towards Dunharrow.
  • Full Moon