{"id":32747,"date":"2025-07-19T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=32747"},"modified":"2025-07-19T10:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T15:58:11","slug":"today-in-middle-earth-july-19-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/07\/19\/32747-today-in-middle-earth-july-19-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Middle-earth, July 19"},"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=32747&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\/2012\/07\/Riddles-in-the-Dark.jpg\" alt=\"Riddles in the Dark\" width=\"252\" height=\"170\" \/> <\/a><strong>The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on July 19th:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bilbo&#8217;s lost in the caves (1341)<\/li>\n<li>Riddles in the dark (1341)<\/li>\n<li>Bilbo finds the dwarves and the wizard (1341)<\/li>\n<li>The Company is trapped in the trees (1341)<\/li>\n<li>The funeral escort of King Th\u00e9oden sets out (1419)<\/li>\n<li>[Join us on the Discussion Boards <em><a href=\"http:\/\/newboards.theonering.net\/forum\/gforum\/perl\/gforum.cgi?post=1019223;sb=post_time;so=DESC;forum_view=forum_view_expanded;\">here<\/a><\/em>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><!--more--><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>July 19, 2941 (S.R. 1341)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1. 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Bilbo finds the dwarves and the wizard.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>(determined from text)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;And here&#8217;s the burglar!&#8221; said Bilbo stepping down into the middle of them, and slipping off the Ring.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 98-100 Hobbit)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4. The Company is trapped in the trees.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>(determined from text)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;&#8221;Must we go any further?&#8221; asked Bilbo, when it was so dark that he could only just see Thorin&#8217;s beard wagging beside him&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 103-113\u00a0 Hobbit)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>July 19, 3019 (S.R. 1419)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1. 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