1979
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The following events occured in the year 1979:
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[edit] Events
- Sybill Trelawney makes the prophecy about a person who will have the power to defeat Lord Voldemort.
- Sybill Trelawney becomes the Divination professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
- Newt Scamander is awarded the Order of Merlin, Second Class.
- April 1 - Caractacus Phelps exploded eight hundred Stink Pellets by dropping them en-masse from the roof of the Daily Prophet building in Diagon Alley. The resultant gas cloud caused untold discomfort throughout London and approximately five-hundred cases of 'Stinkitus' were reported. The non-magical authorities explained the stinking cloud away as an unpleasant emission from a nearby factory.
- September 1 — Gwenog Jones starts at Hogwarts and becomes a favourite of Horace Slughorn.
[edit] Births
- Katie Bell (presumed[1])
- Eddie Carmichael (presumed)
- Cho Chang (presumed)
- Cormac McLaggen (presumed)
- September 19 — Hermione Granger to Mr. and Mrs. Granger, Muggle dentists.
[edit] Deaths
[edit] Muggle events
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ↑ Presumption is based on these students beginning at Hogwarts in 1990, meaning that they must have been born between September 1, 1978 and September 1, 1979.
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