31 August

August 31 is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years). There are 122 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

 * 1993 — Harry Potter meets Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger at Diagon Alley. Hermione purchases her magical familiar, Crookshanks.
 * 1995 — Ron and Hermione receive notification that they have been appointed Gryffindor's new prefects. Molly Weasley purchases a Cleansweep Eleven for Ron, and later confronts a Boggart.