The following events occurred in the year 1979:

Events

• Newt Scamander is awarded the Order of Merlin, Second Class.^{[citation needed]}
• 1 April: 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 1 September: Gwenog Jones starts at Hogwarts and becomes a favourite of Horace Slughorn.^{[citation needed]}

Individuals that started at Hogwarts

• Gwenog Jones^{[citation needed]}

Births

• Katie Bell (presumed^[1])
• Eddie Carmichael (presumed)^{[citation needed]}
• Cho Chang (presumed)^{[citation needed]}
• Cormac McLaggen (presumed)^{[citation needed]}
• 19 September: Hermione Granger^{[citation needed]}

Deaths

• Orion Black^{[citation needed]}
• Regulus Black^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Dating conventions

External links

• 1979 on Wikipedia

Notes and references