1950s

The following events occured in the 1950s:

Events

 * 1952 - The first version of Quidditch Through the Ages is published.
 * 1952 - The Swiftstick racing broom is released.
 * 1955 - The Shooting Star broom is introduced, Petunia Dursley is born.
 * 1956 - The Caerphilly Catapults defeat the Karasjok Kites to win the European Cup.
 * 1956 - Minerva McGonagall begins teaching at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
 * 1956 - Armando Dippet's tenure as Headmaster of Hogwarts ends and Albus Dumbledore becomes the new Headmaster
 * 1956 - Hamish MacFarlan becomes captain of Montrose Magpies.

Births

 * 1950 - Arthur Weasley
 * 1951 - Rita Skeeter
 * 1951 - Bellatrix Black to Cygnus Black II and Druella Rosier.
 * c. 1953 - Andromeda Black to Cygnus Black II and Druella Rosier.
 * c. 1953 - Ted Tonks
 * 1954 - Lucius Malfoy to Abraxas Malfoy and his wife.
 * mid-1950s - Bertha Jorkins
 * 1955 - Narcissa Black to Cygnus Black II and Druella Rosier.
 * 1955 - Tarquin McTavish
 * 1957 - Sturgis Podmore
 * 1959 - Gaspard Shingleton
 * c. 1959 - Sirius Black to Orion and Walburga Black.
 * c. 1959 - Peter Pettigrew

Deaths

 * 1952 - Sirius Black II
 * 1953 - Justus Pilliwickle
 * 1957 - Norvel Twonk
 * 1959 - Regulus Black I
 * 1959 - Arcturus Black I

Muggle events

 * The Korean War begins in 1950 and ends in 1953.
 * July 17, 1955 — Disneyland opens.
 * The Vietnam War begins in 1957.
 * The Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the world's first satellite, on October 4, 1957.
 * 1958 - Klaus Fritz, the German translator of the series, is born.
 * 1959 — Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th states of the Unites States, respectively.´