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Revision as of 12:24, 25 October 2014
The following events occurred in the 1950s:
Events
- 1953: The seventy-ninth Wizarding Schools Potions Championship is held.[1]
- 1954: Minerva McGonagall graduates from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with top grades on her N.E.W.T.s. During the summer months she becomes briefly engaged to Muggle Dougal McGregor, but later turns him down and departs for London to start working for the Ministry of Magic under Elphinstone Urquart.[2]
- June, 1954: The Muggle magazine My Teeth is established.[3]
- 1956: Minerva McGonagall is offered a prestigious promotion at the Ministry of Magic but, dissatisfied with her job, quits and sends a letter to Hogwarts School to apply for a teaching position.[2] She becomes part of the school faculty on December of this year.[4]
- 1956: Armando Dippet's tenure as Headmaster of Hogwarts ends and Albus Dumbledore becomes the new Headmaster.[citation needed]
- 1956: Tom Riddle, now known as Lord Voldemort, travels to Hogwarts Castle to appeal to Albus Dumbledore for the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.
- 1959: Lyall Lupin and Hope Howell celebrate their wedding.[5]
Quidditch
- 1950 to 1952: Andrew Snowyowl captained the Slytherin Quidditch team.[6]
- 1952: The first version of Quidditch Through the Ages is published.[7]
- 1952: The Swiftstick racing broom is released.[8]
- 1952 to 1956: Jo King captained the Slytherin Quidditch team.[6]
- 1953 to 1954 Hogwarts school year: Minerva McGonagall had a nasty fall during the Gryffindor versus Slytherin match, which would decide the Quidditch Cup winner, and left her with a concussion, several broken ribs, and a lifelong desire to see Slytherin crushed on the Quidditch pitch.[9]
- 1955: The Shooting Star broom is introduced.[8]
- 1956: The Caerphilly Catapults defeat the Karasjok Kites to win the European Cup.[8]
- 1956: Hamish MacFarlan becomes captain of Montrose Magpies.[citation needed]
- 1956 to 1960: Rufus Winickus captained the Slytherin Quidditch team.[6]
Births
Bellatrix Lestrange.
- c. 1950: Arthur Weasley to Cedrella Black and Septimus Weasley[10]
- c. 1950: Igor Karkaroff[citation needed]
- 1951: Rita Skeeter[citation needed]
- 1951: Bellatrix Black to Cygnus Black III and Druella Rosier.[citation needed]
- Between 1952 and 1954: Andromeda Black to Cygnus Black III and Druella Rosier.[citation needed]
- 1954: Lucius Malfoy to Abraxas Malfoy and his wife.[citation needed]
- 1954: Oliver Wiseman[3]
- 1954: Quirinus Quirrell
- Mid-1950s: Bertha Jorkins[citation needed]
- 1955: Narcissa Black to Cygnus Black III and Druella Rosier.[citation needed]
- 1955: Tarquin McTavish[citation needed]
- 1956 or 1957: Sturgis Podmore[citation needed]
- 1959: Gaspard Shingleton[citation needed]
- 1959: Sirius Black to Orion and Walburga Black.[citation needed]
Deaths
- 1952: Sirius Black II[11]
- 1953: Justus Pilliwickle[citation needed]
- 1957: Norvel Twonk[citation needed]
- 1959: Regulus Black I[citation needed]
- 1959: Arcturus Black II[citation needed]
- 1955: Druella Rosier[citation needed]
Behind the scenes
- 1952: Carolyn Pickles, who portrays Charity Burbage, is born.[12]
- 1954: Mary GrandPré, the illustrator of the US Harry Potter editions, is born in South Dakota, United States of America[citation needed].
- 1956: Kathryn Hunter, who portrays Arabella Figg, is born.[citation needed]
- 1956: Struan Rodger, who voices a Wizard in the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, is born.[citation needed]
- 1957: Bruno Delbonnel, the French cinematographer who worked on the film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is born.[citation needed]
- 1958 Klaus Fritz, the German translator of the series, is born.[citation needed]
- 1958 Fiona Shaw, who portrays Harry Potter's Aunt Petunia, is born.[citation needed]
- 1958 Adrian Rawlins who portrays James Potter is born
- 1958 Gary Oldman who portrays Harry Potters God-father Sirius Black is born
- 1959 Emma Thompson who portrays Sybill Trelawney is born
See also
External links
Notes and references
- ↑ Wonderbook: Book of Potions
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pottermore biography of Minerva McGonagall (transcription available here)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter Limited Edition - A Guide to the Graphic Arts Department: Posters, Prints, and Publications from the Harry Potter Films Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "HPLE" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 15 (The Hogwarts High Inquisitor)
- ↑ Pottermore - New from J.K. Rowling: "Remus Lupin"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Harry Potter: The Exhibition, (see this image)
- ↑ It's in Fantastic Beasts, in one of the footnotes: "Anyone interested in the role played by the Golden Snidget in the development of the game of Quidditch is advised to consult Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp (Whizz Hard Books, 1952)."
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Quidditch Through the Ages (real)
- ↑ Pottermore
- ↑ J.K. Rowling Official Site: Birthday Section
- ↑ Black family tree
- ↑ Internet Movie Database biography page
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