September 4 Mark the Calendar

September 4 Mark the Calendar

1954 - "Comedy Cavalcade" does a Boss Hijack sketch on live television.
--Dennis Palumbo: My Favorite Year.

1997. Hermione Granger obtains Slytherin's locket.
--JK Rowling: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows.

September 2 Mark the Calendar

September 2 Mark the Calendar

1997. Gregorovitch the wandmaker is killed by Voldemort in his quest to locate the Elder Wand.
--JK Rowling: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows.

August 31 Mark the Calendar

August 31 Mark the Calendar

1812 - Lydia & Wickham marry
-- Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice

1997. Severus Snape appointed Headmaster of Hogwarts under Voldemort's orders.
--JK Rowling: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows.

August 12 Mark the Calendar

August 12 Mark the Calendar

1995. Harry is put on trial for breaching the "Decree for Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery." JK Rowling: Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix.

Darcy calls at Grace Church Street. Jane Austen: Pride & Prejudice.

August 11 Mark the Calendar

August 11 Mark the Calendar

1981. Ginevra Molly Weasley born. JK Rowling: Harry Potter Lexicon.

August 2 Mark the Calendar

1894 The periodical "Nature" reports the appearance of unusual lights on Mars.
--HG Wells: The War of the Worlds.

1914. Holmes takes one last case on behalf of the British government.
--Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow.

1995. Harry saves his cousin Dudley from two Dementors.
--JK Rowling: Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix.

August 1 Mark the Calendar

1812 Lydia and Wickham elope.
--Jane Austen: Pride & Prejudice.

1997. Voldemort begins a new regime of masked terror.
--JK Rowling: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows.

June 6 - Mark the Calendar

Mark the Calendar:

1994. Professor Trelawney gives her second prophecy to Harry Potter.

--J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban.

June 5 - Mark the Calendar

Mark the Calendar:

1962. Wolfe is hired to investigate the parentage of a baby left on a doorstep.

--Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: The Mother Hunt.


1980. Draco Malfoy born.

--J.K. Rowling: The Harry Potter Lexicon.


1829. Penelon sees an Englishman speaking to Maximilian's father on the quay at Trieste.

--Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo.

June 4 - Mark the Calendar

Mark the Calendar:

1969. When a boorish millionaire and a Mets fan with a phony name show up at his door with a tempting case, Nero Wolf finds himself investigating corporate treachery, domestic intrigue, and worse.

--Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Please Pass the Guilt.


1992. Quirinus Quirrell dies as a result of Lord Voldemort abandoning him.

--J. K. Rowling: The Harry Potter Lexicon.


Mrs. Touchet's departure from Florence.

--Henry James: A Portrait of a Lady.

May 29 - Mark the Calendar

Mark the Calendar:

1993. Harry Potter slays The Basilisk with the sword of Godric Gryffindor.

-- J.K. Rowling: The Harry Potter Lexicon.