The Fellowship of the Ring is the first volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings, published in three parts by Allen and Unwin. Tolkien had begun the story as a sequel to his children's book The Hobbit, but it grew into a much longer and darker tale. In this volume the hobbit Frodo Baggins inherits a ring from his uncle Bilbo and learns that it is the One Ring, forged by the Dark Lord Sauron, and he sets out from the Shire with companions. At Rivendell a Fellowship of nine is formed to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom, and it is broken by the end of the volume. Peter Jackson's film adaptation appeared in 2001.
Before and after
- 13 July 1954Death of Frida Kahlo
- 17 July 1954Birth of Angela Merkel
- from 21 July 1954 to 4 July 1976Rise of National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
- 28 July 1954Birth of Hugo Chávez
- 29 July 1954Publication of The Fellowship of the Ring
- 12 August 1954Birth of François Hollande
- 16 August 1954Birth of James Cameron
- 30 August 1954Birth of Alexander Lukashenka
- from 8 September 1954 to 30 June 1977Founding of Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
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