8 May is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years). There are 237 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1993: The Hogwarts Quidditch Cup is cancelled following the attack on Hermione Granger and Penelope Clearwater by Slytherin's Basilisk. Albus Dumbledore is removed as Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry after Lucius Malfoy blackmails the Hogwarts Board of Governors into signing his Order of Suspension. Rubeus Hagrid is sent to Azkaban.[1]
Births
- 1958: Roddy Doyle, Muggle author who wrote The Commitments and The Van
Behind the scenes
- 1958: Ikue Sakakibara, who portrayed Minerva McGonagall in the Year 1 cast of the Tokyo Akasaka ACT Theater production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, was born.
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 14 (Cornelius Fudge) - The match took place the next Saturday following the Easter holidays. Easter was on 11 April in 1993 and the holidays are traditionally two to three weeks long. The next Saturday after three weeks is 8 May.
