16 October is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). There are 76 days remaining.[1]
Events[]
- 1991: The Gryffindor first-years had an Astronomy Class at midnight, on the top of the Astronomy Tower.[2]
- 1993: Lavender Brown got news that her pet rabbit, Binky, was killed by a fox.[3] Coincidentally, this was one of the predictions made by Divination professor, Sybill Trelawney, on their first ever Divination class.[4] The third-year Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs had Herbology together, where Professor Sprout had them harvest Puffapod beans.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
- 1953: Actor Fred Ridgeway, who voiced Aragog in the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, is born.
Notes and references[]
- ↑
16 October on Wikipedia
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 8 (Flight of the Fat Lady)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 6 (Talons and Tea Leaves)