For those who have grown up with the Harry Potter books and movies, today is the day you start to understand what it is to feel old. In the epilogue of the final book/movie of the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry and his wife Ginny are shown sending their son Albus off to Hogwarts, 19 years after the story ended (and 26 years after Harry and his friends began their education at Hogwarts). Ron and Hermione are also sending their daughter Rose to wizarding school. In the Potterverse, that date is September 1, 2017. JK Rowling sent a Tweet to remind fans of the date.
Today's the day Albus Severus Potter boards the Hogwarts Express at King's Cross for the first time #19yearslater
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 1, 2017
You can join in with other Potter fans to mark the occasion at Twitter.
today harry, ron and hermione's story together came to an end and their children began theirs...all was well #19YearsLater pic.twitter.com/Y5vL9IDfMs
— edgelord allan poe (@haarleyquin) September 1, 2017
-via Buzzfeed
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It certainly doesn't mean nothing. Lots of things are discovered and yet don't find mainstream (or any) uses for many years.
Given its size and deep connection to society, had AT&T decided to develop a magnetic tape machine for business and consumer use in the 1930s rather than be fearful of it, the impact of such actions could have been significant indeed, if only for introducing consumer answering machines 25 years or so earlier.
Meh, it's what corperations do.