Source: Good News Network
81 years ago today, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, was first published to wide critical acclaim in London. So successful it was that the publisher requested a sequel, which led to the masterful trilogy The Lord of the Rings. The Hobbit, set in a time elves and wizards, follows the quest of a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, along with 13 dwarves, to win back a stolen treasure guarded by a fierce dragon.
Bilbo’s adventure leads him from his light-hearted, rural homeland on a true Hero’s Journey—and back, again. In 2012, the book became a film starring Martin Freeman. (1937)MORE Good News on this Day:
- The Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus letter was published in the New York Sun answering the question from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon (1897)
- 68 years ago today, the actor and comedian Bill Murray–a recipient of the Twain Prize for American Humor–was born (1950)
- Independence Day in Malta, from Britain (1964); Belize, from Britain (1981); and Armenia, from the Soviet Union (1991)
- America: A Tribute to Heroes was broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for victims of the September 11 attacks (2001)
- Today is the United Nations’ International Day of Peace and the start of our #DoItForPeace 10-day campaign to get a billion people to each do a single act for peace (you can be counted, and here’s how)
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