HP timeline in Book Magazine

[rachelbeth007]

No: HPFGUIDX 58509

JKR is on the cover of Book magazine's May/June issue (found at Barnes and 
Noble).  There's a handful of good articles about the upcoming book and the 
influence of HP on children's literature.  Anyway, one thing that was 
particularly interesting to me (and probably many of you) is a timeline of major 
events in the wizarding world which runs at the bottom of pages 42-45.  

When I read the Fantastic Posts upon joining this groups, there seems to be a 
debate about Hermione's birth year.  According to this timeline, Hermione was 
born on September 19, 1980, which makes her younger than both Ron and 
Harry.  I wasn't sure if this debate had already been settled with information 
from another source, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to tell everyone about it.  

The timeline in general is very interesting, but I don't want to quote it all 
because of the message last week about copying the contents of articles onto 
the board.  Thus, I suggest you all go pick up a copy at Book if you're 
interested in seeing it all (though if I get permission from the administrators to 
put the timeline on the board I will).

Sorry if any of this information is old hat, but I felt compelled to share it.
Rachel