{"id":30306,"date":"2025-10-20T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=30306"},"modified":"2025-10-20T07:32:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:32:34","slug":"today-in-middle-earth-october-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/20\/30306-today-in-middle-earth-october-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Middle-earth, October 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" class=\"intro\"><a id=\"set-post-thumbnail\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Set featured image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-admin\/media-upload.php?post_id=30306&amp;type=image&amp;TB_iframe=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 alignright no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Flight-to-the-Ford-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Flight to the Ford\" width=\"266\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><strong>The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 20:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bilbo and the Dwarves think of what to do next at the Hidden Door (1341)<\/li>\n<li>Escape across the Ford of Bruinen (1418)<\/li>\n<li>Gandalf and Elrond perceive the Black Riders at the Ford of Bruinen (1418)<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Frodo is brought to Rivendell (1418)<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Return of the King is published (1955)<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">[join us on the Discussion Boards<em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newboards.theonering.net\/forum\/gforum\/perl\/gforum.cgi?post=1020301;sb=post_time;so=DESC;forum_view=forum_view_expanded;\">here<\/a><\/em>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>October 20, 2941 (S.R. 1341)<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>1. Bilbo and the Dwarves think of what to do next at the Hidden Door.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(determined from text &#8211; referencing Karen Wynn Fonstad, <em>The Atlas of Middle-earth<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8220;Bilbo found sitting on the doorstep lonesome and wearisome\u2014there was not a doorstep, of course&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 199 The Hobbit)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>October 20, 3018 (S.R. 1418)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>1. 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