The following events occurred in the year 1979:
Events[]
- Newt Scamander is awarded the Order of Merlin, Second Class.[citation needed]
- 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.[citation needed]
- 1 September: Gwenog Jones starts at Hogwarts and becomes a favourite of Horace Slughorn.[citation needed]
Individuals that started at Hogwarts[]
Births[]
- Katie Bell (presumed[1])
- Eddie Carmichael (presumed)[citation needed]
- Cho Chang (presumed)[citation needed]
- Cormac McLaggen (presumed)[citation needed]
- 19 September: Hermione Granger[citation needed]
Deaths[]
See also[]
External links[]
1979 on Wikipedia
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Presumption is based on these students beginning at Hogwarts in 1990, meaning that they must have been born between 1 September, 1978 and 1 September 1979.
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