Another dumb question--Halloween?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 128063


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:

bboyminn: 
> 
> The days of the week are correct, but the statement by the 
newscaster
> is wrong. 
> 
> According to TimeAndDate.com Holloween falls on a Sunday. (Note:
> Remember Harry is /born/ in 1981, but the event takes place in 
1982.)

Geoff:
Pardon the correction, but remember that Harry was born in /1980/ not 
1981.

Working back from the Deathday Party which was celebrated on 31st 
October 1992, Harry was in his first term in the Second Year so he 
entered Hogwarts in September 1991 putting his 11th birthday on 31st 
July of the same year. So he was born in 1980 and the attack at 
Godric's Hollow was on Hallowe'en 1981, which was a Saturday.

Just in passing, the 31st of October is Hallowe'en (or sometimes 
Halloween). This is a contraction of All Hallows Eve, 1st November 
being All Hallows Day (or All Saints Day).