October 1979

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2 Nimbus 1500 released	3 Werewolf attack
4 Full Moon DP article Werewolf attack	5 Horcrux search DP article	6	7	8 DP article	9	10 Emmeline Vance (22)
11 Last Quarter Moon	12	13	14	15 Ball RSVPs due	16 Marlene McKinnon (20)	17
18 New Moon	19 Greta Catchlove (19)	20 Brianna Hale dies	21 DP article	22	23 John Dawlish (31)	24 Voting on WEB postponed
25 First Quarter Moon DP article	26	27	28	29	30 Molly Weasley (30)	31 Ted Tonks (28) Halloween Ministry Masquerade Ball

key: St. Mungo's ; Death Eaters ; Dark Army ; Order of the Phoenix ; Ministry of Magic ; Media ; Birthdays (age) ; moon calendar ; misc

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2 October: The newest broomstick in the Nimbus line, the 1500, is released.
3 October: The night of 3 October, a single werewolf attacks and bites six-year-old Brianna Hale in Hogsmeade, Scotland. She is brought to St. Mungo's in very poor shape.
4 October: Full Moon; the full moon cycle is three days, so there will be little wolfies romping around and having fun on the nights of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th.
4 October: Article in the Daily Prophet about the previous night's werewolf attack.
4 October: The night of 4 October, there are two more werewolf-related incidents in Hogsmeade. However, the town is fortified due to the previous night's attack, so there are no victims.
5 October: Members of the Order of the Phoenix go to Hogwarts to search for Ravenclaw's Diadem.
5 October: Article in the Daily Prophet about the previous night's werewolf attack.
8 October: Article in the Daily Prophet
10 October: Emmeline Vance's 22nd birthday.
11 October: Last Quarter Moon
15 October: If you plan to attend the Masquerade Ball on Halloween, you had best send in your RSVP! Today is the last day they're accepted!
16 October: Marlene McKinnon's 20th birthday.
18 October: New Moon
19 October: Greta Catchlove's 19th birthday.
20 October: Brianna Hale succumbs to her injuries and passes away in St. Mungo's.
21 October: Article in the Daily Prophet about Brianna Hale's death.
23 October: John Dawlish's 31st birthday.
24 October: Due to recent events, voting on the Werewolf Employment Bill is postponed for a few more weeks.
25 October: First Quarter Moon
25 October: Article in the Daily Prophet about the postponement of voting on the Werewolf Employment Bill.
30 October: Molly Weasley's 30th birthday.
31 October: Ted Tonks' 28th birthday.
31 October: Little boys and little girls all over the world (or at least in places that celebrate Halloween this way) are donning their costumes and going out looking for treats (and some teenagers are going out looking to play tricks) -- it's Halloween!
31 October: Come one, come all, to the Ministry's Halloween Masquerade Ball! Better bring your mask and costume, you can't get in unless you have both! And don't be too fashionably late, awards will be given for the costume contests at 9 pm! Aurors and Hitwizards are there to keep you safe, and let's not forget the Order members, who are doing the same thing (only in a slightly more illegal fashion). You'll be glad to have so many people around to protect you when the Death Eaters make their own appearance!