1975

The following events occurred in the year 1975:

Events

• 1 September: Gilderoy Lockhart is Sorted into Ravenclaw.
• Minister for Magic Eugenia Jenkins is seen as inadequate to the challenge of the first rise of Lord Voldemort, and is replaced by the hard-lined Harold Minchum.
• Remus Lupin becomes a Hogwarts prefect.
• James Potter, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew become Animagi, thus officially naming themselves the Marauders, along with Remus Lupin.
• Sirius Black, James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew create the Marauder's Map
• Mundungus Fletcher is banned from the Hog's Head.
• Hairy Snout, Human Heart, by an anonymous author, is published by Whizz Hard Books.
• The Decree Number 189.OL5 is passed, probably by the Department of Magical Education.

Quidditch

• The Slytherin Quidditch team was captained by Emma Vanity.

Births

• Gideon Crumb

Deaths

• Fabius Watkins

Individuals that started Hogwarts

Ravenclaw

• Gilderoy Lockhart

Behind the scenes

• 5 June: Karen Strassman, voice actor for Kevin Farrell in Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, is born.
• 16 December: Tony Christian, the British actor who plays a Slytherin Beater in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, is born.

See also

• Dating conventions

External links

• 1975 on Wikipedia