3 September

September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). There are 119 days remaining.


 * 1992: The second years’ first lesson with Professor Lockhart, where he gives them a quiz on himself. Then he frees a group of Cornish pixies, who run havoc around the classroom.
 * 1995: Harry Potter has his first detention with Dolores Umbridge.
 * 1997: Harry buries Alastor Moody's magical eye, and discovers the ill-effects of the Horcrux when he fails to conjure a Patronus.