Muggle news: on Tuesday Motown celebrates its 25th anniversary with the television special Motown 25, during which Michael Jackson performs "Billie Jean" and introduces to the world the moonwalk.
Full moon on Friday.
Also on Friday, the leprechaun killer faces trial. He is given a fine and 10 hours of Irish-English relations community service. This is reported in The Daily Prophet on Saturday, alongside speculation about what that community service would actually entail.
Birthdays: James turns 23 on Thursday, Tonks turns 10 on Sunday. James doesn’t have a party. Tonks does.
It’s also Mother's Day on Sunday!
(April birthdays: Fred and George on the 1st, Teddy on the 5th, Benjamin on the 18th, Millicent on the 23rd).
2004
Muggle news: on Tuesday prime minister Tony Blair visits Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, in return for the dismantling of Libya's weapons of mass destruction programme in December 2003 (the first time a major Western leader had visited the nation in several decades). On Friday the first ever reported South Atlantic hurricane makes landfall in South Brazil in the state of Santa Catarina – the hurricane is dubbed Hurricane Catarina. On Saturday the Republic of Ireland bans smoking in all enclosed work places, including restaurants, pubs and bars. Also on Saturday the largest expansion of NATO to date takes place, allowing Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia into the organization.
On Friday, Amycus’ ear is delivered to Alecto by owl.
Birthdays: James turns 44 on Thursday, Tonks turns 31 on Sunday. They both have parties this time.
It’s also Mother's Day on Sunday!
(April birthdays: Fred and George on the 1st, Teddy on the 5th, Benjamin on the 18th, Millicent on the 23rd).