1996

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The following events occurred in the year 1996:

Contents 1 Events 2 Deaths 3 Muggle events 4 See also

[edit] Events

• February 14 – Harry Potter and Cho Chang have their first date in Hogsmeade. Afterwards, Harry is interviewed by Rita Skeeter for The Quibbler, as arranged by Hermione Granger and Luna Lovegood.
• April:
  • Dumbledore's Army is discovered after Marietta Edgecombe informs Dolores Umbridge about the organisation. Albus Dumbledore takes the fall and leaves Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
  • Fred and George Weasley depart from Hogwarts, jinxing Inquisitorial Squad members on their way and leaving a Portable Swamp behind, and open Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes in Diagon Alley.
• May:
  • Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw at the Last Quidditch Match of the School Year.
• June 17:
  • Dolores Umbridge is attacked in the Forbidden Forest by centaurs when she calls them "filthy half-breeds."
  • Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood thwart Lord Voldemort's plans to steal the prophecy and the Battle of the Department of Mysteries ensues.
  • The Order of the Phoenix comes to their assistance; various Death Eaters are captured and Sirius Black is murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange.
  • Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge is forced to accept Voldemort has returned and Umbridge is removed from Hogwarts.
  • The Second Wizarding War officially begins.
• July:
  • Rufus Scrimgeour replaces Fudge as Minister for Magic.
  • Draco Malfoy begins his duties as a Death Eater.
  • Narcissa Malfoy has Severus Snape take an Unbreakable Vow to help her son with the task Lord Voldemort assigned him – killing Albus Dumbledore.
  • Mr. Ollivander mysteriously disappears.
• December 20 – Horace Slughorn, new Potions professor at Hogwarts, holds a Christmas party for his favourite students and other associates.
• Christmas holidays – Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour tries to convince Harry Potter to work with the Ministry of Magic, but Harry confirms his loyalty to Albus Dumbledore.

[edit] Deaths

• Mrs. Abbott
• Amelia Bones
• Sirius Black
• Igor Karkaroff
• Emmeline Vance

[edit] Muggle events

• Prince Charles and Princess Diana are divorced.
• British pop group The Spice Girls release the single Wannabe.
• Britain's Damon Hill wins the Formula 1 World Championship for the Williams Renault team.
• TWA flight 800 explodes in mid air over the Atlantic killing 230 people on board.

[edit] See also

• Dating conventions

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