The following events occurred in 1962:
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- Minister for Magic Ignatius Tuft is ousted from office. Nobby Leach succeeds him, becoming the first-ever Muggle-born Minister for Magic.[2]
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- Danish translator Hanna Lützen is born.
- P. Q. Phan, an illustrator of The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac, is born.
- 20 January: Actress Sophie Thompson is born.
- 7 February: Actor Eddie Izzard, who voiced Lord Voldemort in The LEGO Batman Movie, is born.
- 30 June: Actor Predrag Bjelac, who played Igor Karkaroff, is born.
- 22 December: Actor Ralph Fiennes, who played Lord Voldemort, is born.
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) - according to the Black Family Tapestry, Bellatrix was born in 1951. If she was born between September 1 1950 and August 31 1951, she would have started Hogwarts in September 1962. However, if she was born between September 1 1951 and December 31 1951, she would have started Hogwarts in Sept 1963
- ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Ministers for Magic" at Wizarding World
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 30 (The Pensieve), Barty Crouch Jr's trial takes place shortly after the fall of Lord Voldemort in 1981; Chapter 27 - (Padfoot Returns) "'I saw the dementors bringing him in, watched through the bars in my cell door. [Barty Crouch Jr] can't have been more than nineteen...'"; Therefore Barty Crouch Jr was born in 1962
- ↑ Black Family Tapestry drawn by JKR for charity
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