January 15

January 15

3019. Gandalf falls in Khazad-dûm while fighting a Balrog. JRR Tolkien: Legendarium of Arda.

January 13

January 13

3019. Attack by wargs on Caradhras. JRR Tolkien: Legendarium of Arda.

October 6 Mark the Calendar

October 6 Mark the Calendar

1886. Dr. Trevelyen divulges his concerns for his resident patient.
--Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes: The Resident Patient.

3018. Frodo wounded at Weathertop.
--JRR Tolkien: Legendarium of Arda.

October 3 Mark the Calendar

October 3 Mark the Calendar

3018. Battle of Gandalf with the Nazgûl on Weathertop.
--JRR Tolkien: Legendarium of Arda.

The queen attends a fete with her new diamond earrings.
--Alexandre Dumas: The Three Musketeers.

September 28 Mark the Calendar

September 28 Mark the Calendar

3018. Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin are captured by a barrow-wight.
--JRR Tolkien: Legendaium of Arda.

July 20 - Mark the Calendar

Mark the Calendar:

2027. Leonard H McCoy born in Georgia.
--Gene Roddenberry: Star Trek.

3018 War of the Rings begins.
--JRR Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings

July 10 - Mark the Calendar

Mark the Calendar:

3018. Saruman imprisons Gandalf in Orthanc.
--JRR Tolkien: Legendarium of Arda.

A hurricane hits.
--Edgar Allan Poe: Descent into the Maelstrom.

The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien

Opening line:

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.

The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien

Opening line:

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.