1976

The following events occured in the year 1976:

Evemts

 * James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew create the Marauder's Map.
 * James saves Severus Snape from a practical joke which would have resulted in his death. Snape now owes James a life-debt.

Births

 * Oliver Wood
 * Orsino Thruston
 * August 22 - Percy Weasley to Arthur and Molly Weasley

Real-world events

 * First commercial flights of the Concorde.
 * Viking 1 and probes land on Mars and beam back photographs.
 * Mao Zedong, Chinese leader, dies.