The following events occurred in the year 1987:

Events

• Percy Weasley and Oliver Wood begin attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Both are sorted into Gryffindor.^{[citation needed]}
• Ginny Weasley turns six years old in August and presumably starts to take each of her brothers Broomsticks out in turn and ride them secretly.^{[citation needed][citation needed]}
• Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles by Wilhelm Wigworthy, is published by Little Red Books.^{[citation needed]}

Individuals that started Hogwarts

• Penelope Clearwater^{[citation needed]}
• Percy Weasley^{[citation needed]}
• Oliver Wood^{[citation needed]}

Births

• Gabrielle Delacour was born to French couple Apolline and Monsieur Delacour.^{[citation needed]}

Deaths

• Roderick Plumpton^{[citation needed]}

Behind the scenes

• Sam Creed, a British actor who portrayed a Death Eater in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, is born on 11 January.^{[citation needed]}
• Tom Felton, who portrayed Draco Malfoy, is born on 22 September

External links

• 1987 on Wikipedia

See also

• Dating conventions