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.
- 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
- American embassy in Iran seized and held hostage.
- Shah overthrown in Iranian revolution.
- The Three Mile Island nuclear accident in Pennsylvania, USA occurs.
- Soviet forces invade Afghanistan.
- Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious dies of a heroin overdose in New York.
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[edit] Notes and references
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