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Seek for the Sword that was broken:
In Imladris it dwells;
There shall be counsels taken
Stronger than Morgul-spells.
There shall be shown a token
That Doom is near at hand,
For Isildur's Bane shall waken,
And the Halfling forth shall stand.

Boromir's rhyme in The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Council of Elrond"

On Earth

• 1918 - J.R.R. Tolkien attends a medical board examination in Kingston-upon-Hull.
• 1936 - German translator Hans J. Schütz is born
• 1950 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 128a.
• 1957 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 200a.
• 1957 - J.R.R. Tolkien meets with some American producers interested in making an animated version of The Lord of the Rings (see Letter 201).
• 1960 - The first organized Tolkien Club, The Fellowship of the Ring, becomes formally constituted.
• 1968 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mary Fairburn.
• 1970 – The first Mythcon is held at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California.
• 1971 - Mythcon 2 in Santa Barbara, California.
• 1982 - The eighth episode of the new version of the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
• 2020 - A second edition of The First and Second Ages 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.

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