1979

The following events occured in the year 1979:

Events

 * Sybill Trelawney makes the Prophecy about Voldemort and Harry Potter.

Births

 * Cho Chang
 * September 19 - Hermione Granger to Muggle dentists

Real-world events

 * American embassy in Iran seized and held hostage.
 * Shah overthrown in Iranian revolution.
 * The Three Mile Island nuclear accident in Pennsylvania, USA occurs.
 * Soviet forces invade Afghanistan.

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 * align="center" colspan=1 | Years 1976 1977 1978 - 1979 - 1980 1981 1982
 * align="center" colspan=1 | Years 1976 1977 1978 - 1979 - 1980 1981 1982