Muggle news: July 25–August 9 – The 1992 Summer Olympics are held in Barcelona, Spain. July 26 – Iraq agrees to allow U.N. weapons inspectors to search the Iraqi Agricultural Ministry building in Baghdad. When inspectors arrive on July 28 and 29, they find nothing and voice suspicions that Iraqi records have been removed.
This week, the Nimbus 2001 is released! Lucius promptly buys seven as a bribe to get Draco on the Slytherin team. James buys one for himself and one for Harry.