The Hobbit is a fantasy novel by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien, a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, published by George Allen & Unwin. It tells how the quiet hobbit Bilbo Baggins is recruited by the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves to help reclaim their treasure from the dragon Smaug, and in the course of the journey he finds the One Ring. Tolkien began it as a story for his children, and its success led his publisher to ask for a sequel, which became The Lord of the Rings. The book's world, Middle-earth, and its characters shaped modern fantasy literature and inspired films, games and illustrations.
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- from 7 July 1937 to 9 July 1937Marco Polo Bridge incident
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- 28 August 1937Founding of Toyota
- 8 September 1937Bloudan Conference
- 21 September 1937Publication of The Hobbit
- 11 October 1937Birth of Bobby Charlton
- 19 October 1937Death of Ernest Rutherford
- from 26 October 1937 to 1 November 1937Defense of Sihang Warehouse
- 30 November 1937Birth of Ridley Scott
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