8 May

May 8 is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years). There are 237 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

 * 1993
 * Hermione Granger and Penelope Clearwater are petrified by Slytherin's Basilisk.
 * The Hogwarts Quidditch Cup is cancelled.
 * Albus Dumbledore is removed as headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and Rubeus Hagrid is sent to Azkaban.