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'''31 July''' is the 212nd day of the year (213th in leap years). There are 153 days remaining until the end of the year.
'''31 July''' is the 212nd day of the year (213th in leap years). There are 153 days remaining until the end of the year.
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==Events==
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[[File:HBPHarryPotterpromo4-15-2009.jpg|thumb|left|140px|[[Harry Potter|Harry James Potter]] is born on this day in [[1980]].]]</noinclude>
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*[[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] expects to receive an [[owl]] confirming the receipt of the [[Hogwarts acceptance letter]] by non-[[Muggle-born]] students by this date.[[File:Harry James Potter34.jpg|left|thumb|204x204px|Harry James Potter is born on this day in 1980]]
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*[[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] expects to receive an [[owl]] confirming the receipt of the [[Hogwarts acceptance letter]] by non-[[Muggle-born]] students by this date.
*[[1980]]: [[Harry Potter|Harry James Potter]] is born to [[James Potter I|James]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]]
*[[1980]]: [[Harry Potter|Harry James Potter]] is born to [[James Potter I|James]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]]
*[[1991]]: [[Rubeus Hagrid]] arrives at the [[Hut-on-the-Rock]] shortly after midnight and delivers [[Harry Potter]] his Hogwarts acceptance letter. Hagrid takes Harry on his first visit to [[Diagon Alley]]. [[Quirinus Quirrell]] [[Break-in of Gringotts Wizarding Bank (1991)|breaks into]] [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank]], but fails to steal the [[Philosopher's Stone]] as the vault containing it had already been emptied earlier in the day.
*[[1991]]: [[Rubeus Hagrid]] arrives at the [[Hut-on-the-Rock]] shortly after midnight and delivers [[Harry Potter]] his Hogwarts acceptance letter. Hagrid takes Harry on his first visit to [[Diagon Alley]]. [[Quirinus Quirrell]] [[Break-in of Gringotts Wizarding Bank (1991)|breaks into]] [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank]], but fails to steal the [[Philosopher's Stone]] as the vault containing it had already been emptied earlier in the day.
*[[1992]]: The [[Dursley family|Dursleys]] have dinner with [[Mason|Mr.]] and [[Mason's wife|Mrs. Mason]]. [[Dobby]] visits Harry, and warns him not to return to Hogwarts. Dobby casts a [[Hover Charm]] on a pudding, but it is Harry who receives an official warning from the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] for [[Underage magic]], presuming Harry is the only wizard in the area.
*[[1992]]: The [[Dursley family|Dursleys]] have dinner with [[Mason|Mr.]] and [[Mason's wife|Mrs. Mason]]. [[Dobby]] visits Harry, and warns him not to return to Hogwarts. Dobby casts a [[Hover Charm]] on a pudding, but it is Harry who receives an official warning from the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] for [[Underage magic]], presuming Harry is the only wizard in the area.
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*[[1993]]: [[Marjorie Dursley|Marge Dursley]] arrives at [[4 Privet Drive]], for a week with her [[Vernon Dursley|brother]], [[Petunia Dursley|sister-in-law]] and [[Dudley Dursley|nephew]].
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*[[1993]]: [[Marjorie Dursley|Marge Dursley]] arrives at [[4 Privet Drive]], for a week with her [[Vernon Dursley|brother]], [[Petunia Dursley|sister-in-law]], and [[Dudley Dursley|nephew]].
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*[[1994]]: Harry receives [[cake]]s and sweets from [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], [[Hermione Granger]], [[Sirius Black]] and [[Rubeus Hagrid]].
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*[[1994]]: Harry receives [[cake]]s and sweets from [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], [[Hermione Granger]], [[Sirius Black]], and [[Rubeus Hagrid]].
*[[1995]]: Harry receives boxes of [[Honeydukes]] sweets from Ron and Hermione, but throws them away because he is upset with them. [[Dudley Dursley]] and his [[Dudley Dursley's gang|gang]] beat up ten-year-old [[Mark Evans]].
*[[1995]]: Harry receives boxes of [[Honeydukes]] sweets from Ron and Hermione, but throws them away because he is upset with them. [[Dudley Dursley]] and his [[Dudley Dursley's gang|gang]] beat up ten-year-old [[Mark Evans]].
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*[[1996]]: Harry celebrates his [[Harry Potter's sixteenth birthday|16th birthday]] at [[the Burrow]], the celebrations are marred by grisly tidings from [[Remus Lupin]] of more [[Dementor]] attacks and [[Igor Karkaroff]]'s body is found in a shack up north.
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*[[1996]]: Harry celebrates his [[Harry Potter's sixteenth birthday|16th birthday]] at the[[the Burrow| Burrow]], the celebrations are marred by grisly tidings from [[Remus Lupin]] of more [[Dementor]] attacks and [[Igor Karkaroff]]'s body is found in a shack up north.
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*[[1997]]: A [[Harry Potter's seventeenth birthday party|birthday party]] for Harry is held at [[the Burrow]]. [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] gives Harry a birthday kiss, angering [[Ronald Weasley|her brother]]. [[Minister for Magic]] [[Rufus Scrimgeour]] crashes the party and gives Harry, Ron, and Hermione objects from [[Albus Dumbledore]]'s [[The Last Will and Testament of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore|will]].
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*[[1997]]: A [[Harry Potter's seventeenth birthday party|birthday party]] for Harry is held at the[[the Burrow| Burrow]]. [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] gives Harry a birthday kiss, angering [[Ronald Weasley|her brother]]. [[Minister for Magic]] [[Rufus Scrimgeour]] crashes the party and gives Harry, Ron, and Hermione objects from [[Albus Dumbledore]]'s [[The Last Will and Testament of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore|will]].
*[[1998]]: ''[[The Daily Prophet]]'' prints an article entitled'': MUGGLES NOT AS STUPID AS WE THINK, SAYS MINISTRY REPORT''.
*[[1998]]: ''[[The Daily Prophet]]'' prints an article entitled'': MUGGLES NOT AS STUPID AS WE THINK, SAYS MINISTRY REPORT''.
* [[2014]]: ''[[Dumbledore's Army: The Dark Side of the Demob]] ''is released at [[Flourish and Blotts]].
* [[2014]]: ''[[Dumbledore's Army: The Dark Side of the Demob]] ''is released at [[Flourish and Blotts]].
1992: The Dursleys have dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Mason. Dobby visits Harry, and warns him not to return to Hogwarts. Dobby casts a Hover Charm on a pudding, but it is Harry who receives an official warning from the Ministry of Magic for Underage magic, presuming Harry is the only wizard in the area.
1995: Harry receives boxes of Honeydukes sweets from Ron and Hermione, but throws them away because he is upset with them. Dudley Dursley and his gang beat up ten-year-old Mark Evans.
