16 October is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). There are 76 days remaining.
Events
- 1991: The Gryffindor first-years had an Astronomy Class at midnight, on the top of the Astronomy Tower.
- 1993: Lavender Brown just got news that her pet rabbit, Binky, was killed by a fox. Coincidentally, this was one of the predictions made by Divination professor, Sybill Trelawney, on their first ever Divination class.