1 December
From Tolkien Gateway
Events which occurred on 1 December.
On Earth
- 1897 - Cyril Ritchard, who would voice Elrond in Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit, is born.
- 1913 - J.R.R. Tolkien is elected president of Stapledon Society, a student body at Exeter College.
- 1914 - Tolkien's close friend at Oxford, Geoffrey Bache Smith, enters service with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
- 1995 - J.R.R. Tolkien (Writers and Their Work) is published.
- 2003 - Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic is published.
In Arda
- T.A. 3018:
- Frodo and Samwise rest in Rivendell and prepare for their quest to destroy the One Ring.