1979

Events

 * 1 April: Caractacus Phelps exploded eight hundred Stink Pellets by dropping them en-masse from the roof of the Daily Prophet building in Diagon Alley. The resultant gas cloud caused untold discomfort throughout London and approximately five-hundred cases of 'Stinkitus' were reported. The non-magical authorities explained the stinking cloud away as an unpleasant emission from a nearby factory.


 * Newt Scamander is awarded the Order of Merlin, Second Class.


 * Peter Pettigrew begins passing information to Lord Voldemort.

Individuals that started Hogwarts

 * Gwenog Jones

Births

 * 19 September: Hermione Granger


 * 26 October: Alex Jones

Deaths

 * Orion Black


 * Regulus Black