1979

The following events occured in the year 1979:

Events

 * Sybill Trelawney makes the prophecy about a person who will have the power to defeat Lord Voldemort.
 * Sybill Trelawney becomes the Divination professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
 * Newt Scamander is awarded the Order of Merlin, Second Class.
 * April 1: 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.
 * September 1: Gwenog Jones starts at Hogwarts and becomes a favourite of Horace Slughorn.

Births

 * Katie Bell (presumed )
 * Eddie Carmichael (presumed)
 * Cho Chang (presumed)
 * Cormac McLaggen (presumed)
 * September 19: Hermione Granger to Mr. and Mrs. Granger, Muggle dentists.

Deaths

 * Orion Black
 * Cygnus Black III
 * Regulus Black

Muggle events

 * 1979 at Wikipedia

Notes and references
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