This page will bring important news from the past to your computer screens. From time to time, we'll be updating this page with Harry Potter news that happened on the current day several years ago. Do you remember reading these news stories at the time?

On this day in 2003, it was reported that Mike Newell would direct Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. However, this was not necessarily the day this news was announced.

On this day in 2003, the fifth book, Harry Potter and the Order Phoenix, was released. This was the first new Harry Potter book in three years, and also the longest! It was the book the saw the first meeting of characters like Luna Lovegood and Bellatrix Lestrange, as well as the development of some very important plot points. Hands up who remembers the book's release!

On this day in 2002, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released on DVD and VHS in the UK. The mention of VHS shows just how long ago this was - nine years! Did anyone queue up at midnight to buy this film nine years ago today?