Muggle news: On Tuesday Karen Carpenter dies of heart failure brought on by her anorexia nervosa. Her death brings about increased media attention and public awareness of anorexia and other eating disorders. (Her funeral is on Saturday.) On Thursday Klaus Barbie is officially charged with war crimes.
Thursday is Sirius’s birthday. He has a party, probably.
On Saturday, Harvey Hale’s ex-girlfriend Florence Salmon weighs in on the sex scandal, claiming that she was sleeping with Harvey the whole time he was having an affair with Millicent Bagnold, and the Minister ‘stole’ Harvey from her. Florence was a Slytherin class of ‘76 i.e. the same year as the Carrows, Rabastan, Dorcas and Fabian.
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Muggle news: On Tuesday facebook launches, although bear in mind that at this time it is exclusive to Harvard students.
Thursday is Sirius’s birthday. He has a surprise dog-themed party, with a puppy pit containing 20 puppies.
Thursday is a full moon.
On Friday, the war in Somalia is won, and not by the Somlians. You got some shit to clean up first, Death Eaters, but you can start coming home next week. Over the weekend, try and cement your hold on the locals and set up some imperiuses to control things when you go.