1975

The following events occured in the year 1975:

Events

 * James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew create the Marauder's Map.
 * James Potter saves Severus Snape from a practical joke which would have resulted in his death. Snape now owes James a life-debt.
 * Mundungus Fletcher is banned from the Hog's Head.
 * Hairy Snout, Human Heart is published by Whizz Hard Books.

Births

 * Marcus Flint
 * Stan Shunpike
 * Gideon Crumb

Deaths

 * Fabius Watkins

Real-world events

 * A civil war begins in Lebanon.
 * North Vietnamese take Saigon ending the Vietnam War.
 * Microsoft is founded.