5 September is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). There are 117 days remaining.
Harry Potter serving out his detention with Professor Lockhart on this day in 1992
Events[]
- 1991: The Gryffindor first-years have their first Transfiguration class with Professor Minerva McGonagall.
- 1992: The Gryffindor Quidditch team has a practise at dawn. Ron Weasley attempts to curse Draco Malfoy after he calls Hermione Granger a Mudblood, but his wand backfires and leaves him vomiting slugs. Harry Potter and Ron serve detentions with Gilderoy Lockhart and Argus Filch, respectively. While coming back detention, Harry hears the Basilisk for the first time.
- 1995: Harry has detention with Dolores Umbridge.
Behind the scenes[]
- 1998: Helena Barlow, the actress who portrayed Rose Granger-Weasley in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, is born.
