3 September is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). There are 119 days remaining.
Events
- 1992: The second years have a double Herbology class in the morning, followed by Transfiguration. Then, their first lesson with Professor Lockhart takes place, where he gives them a quiz on himself. He then frees a group of Cornish Pixies, who run havoc around the classroom.
- 1995: Harry Potter has his first detention with Dolores Umbridge and leans her evil means of forcing him to write into his own hand: I must not tell lies.
- 1997: Harry buries Alastor Moody's magical eye, and discovers the ill-effects of the Horcrux when he fails to conjure a Patronus.