DAILY PROPHET TODAY
In this day:
- 1994: The Fat Lady was restored and trolls are brought in to guard her portrait. Filius Flitwick taught the castle's front doors how to recognise Sirius Black.
- 1950: Arthur Weasley was born to Septimus and Cedrella Weasley (née Black).
DAILY PROPHET TODAY
In this day:
- 1994: Harry Potter noticed Cho Chang for the first time, during the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw.
Gryffindor won the match, and Harry went to bed on a high.
Unfortunately, this was all brought to an abrupt ended by what everyone
assumed was a murder attempt by Sirius Black on Ron Weasley. In fact, he was attempting to find Peter Pettigrew in the form of Scabbers, Ron's pet rat.
- 1996: Harry Potter had an Occlumency lesson in the Dungeons with Professor Snape.
- 1999: Rufus Fudge, nephew of former Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge, Vanishes a Muggle "tube train" as a bet. The Muggles did not notice that the train had gone missing, but Fudge was suspended from the Improper Use of Magic Office, after an inquiry is launched two days later
- 1945: Anne Volant, J. K. Rowling's mother, was born.
DAILY PROPHET TODAY
In this day:
- 1999: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was released in the United States.
- 2000: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was released in the United States and the United Kingdom simultaneously on this date. It was the first Potter book to be released in the US and UK on the same day.
DAILY PROPHET TODAY
In this day:
- 2009: The film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiered in London.
- 2011: The live premiere of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 took place at the Trafalgar Square in London.
DAILY PROPHET TODAY
In this day:
- 2009: The film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiered in Tokyo, Japan.
