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• 22 June - 26 September, 2013: Harry Potter: The Exhibition will be open in Tokyo, Japan.
• 27-30 June, 2013: LeakyCon will be held in Portland, Oregon.
• 25 April, 2013: The third Pottermore House Cup is awarded to Slytherin.
• 10 April, 2013: Chapters 8-15 of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban are unveiled on Pottermore
• 28 March, 2013: Richard Griffiths, who played Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films, passed away at the age of 65.

Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, known after his death as Nearly Headless Nick, (d. 31 October, 1492) was a wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was Sorted into Gryffindor House. He was a wizard of the royal court as an adult. He was executed by an improper decapitation, after he had a magical mishap with Lady Grieve, in which she grew a tusk. Since then, he is the resident ghost of Gryffindor Tower at the Hogwarts Castle.

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