1950s

The following events occured in the 1950s:

Events

 * 1952: The first version of Quidditch Through the Ages is published.
 * 1952: The Swiftstick racing broom is released.
 * 1954: Minerva McGonagall graduates from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with top grades on her N.E.W.T.s. During the summer months she becomes briefly engaged to Muggle Dougal McGregor, but later turns him down and departs for London to start working for the Ministry of Magic under Elphinstone Urquart.
 * June, 1954: The Muggle magazine My Teeth is established.
 * 1955: The Shooting Star broom is introduced.
 * 1956: The Caerphilly Catapults defeat the Karasjok Kites to win the European Cup.
 * 1956: Minerva McGonagall is offered a prestigious promotion at the Ministry of Magic but, dissatisfied with her job, quits and sends a letter to Hogwarts School to apply for a teaching position. She becomes part of the school faculty on December of this year.
 * 1956: Armando Dippet's tenure as Headmaster of Hogwarts ends and Albus Dumbledore becomes the new Headmaster.
 * 1956: Tom Riddle, now known as Lord Voldemort, travels to Hogwarts Castle to appeal to Albus Dumbledore for the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.
 * 1956: Hamish MacFarlan becomes captain of Montrose Magpies.

Births

 * c. 1950: Arthur Weasley to Cedrella Black and Septimus Weasley
 * c. 1950: Igor Karkaroff
 * 1951: Rita Skeeter
 * 1951: Bellatrix Black to Cygnus Black III and Druella Rosier.
 * Between 1952 and 1954: Andromeda Black to Cygnus Black III and Druella Rosier.
 * 1954: Lucius Malfoy to Abraxas Malfoy and his wife.
 * 1954: Oliver Wiseman
 * Mid-1950s: Bertha Jorkins
 * 1955: Narcissa Black to Cygnus Black III and Druella Rosier.
 * 1955: Tarquin McTavish
 * 1957: Sturgis Podmore
 * 1959: Gaspard Shingleton
 * 1959: Sirius Black to Orion and Walburga Black.
 * 1959: Peter Pettigrew

Deaths

 * 1952: Sirius Black II
 * 1953: Justus Pilliwickle
 * 1957: Norvel Twonk
 * 1959: Regulus Black I
 * 1959: Arcturus Black II
 * 1955: Druella Rosier

Behind the scenes

 * 1952: Carolyn Pickles, who portrays Charity Burbage, is born.
 * 1954: Mary GrandPré, the illustrator of the US Harry Potter editions, is born in South Dakota, United States of America.
 * 1956: Kathryn Hunter, who portrays Arabella Figg, is born.
 * 1956: Struan Rodger, who voices a Wizard in the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, is born.
 * 1957: Bruno Delbonnel, the French cinematographer who worked on the film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is born.
 * 1958: Klaus Fritz, the German translator of the series, is born.
 * 1958: Fiona Shaw, who portrays Harry Potter's Aunt Petunia, is born.