July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years). There are 182 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events[]
- 1996: Cornelius Fudge is sacked from his office of Minister of Magic after the wizarding community screams for his resignation for a fortnight, as a consequence of the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. Rufus Scrimgeour, hitherto Head of the Auror Office, succeeds Fudge in the post.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- 1988: Edward Randell, who played Justin Finch-Fletchley, is born.
- 1998: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is published.
- 2008: Elizabeth Spriggs, who played The Fat Lady in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, dies at the age of 78.
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 1 (The Other Minister) tells us that Cornelius Fudge was sacked a fortnight after the Battle of the Department of Mysteries (18 June, 1996). Thus, Fudge had been sacked on 2 July, 1996.