27 March

 10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 27 March:

1. Born on this date in 1845 was Wilhelm Roentgen, the German physicist who discovered X Rays, for which he won the first Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901.
2. This date in 1868 saw the birth of Patty Smith Hill, the Kindergarten teacher who is credited with co-writing the most frequently sung song in the world: Happy Birthday to you.
3. In 1931, the writer Arnold Bennett died of typhoid after drinking water in a Paris hotel to prove to companions that it was safe.
4. In 1625, Charles I ascended the English throne upon the death of James I.
5. In 1966, Roy Orbison fell off a motorbike while scrambling at Hawkstone Park, Birmingham, fracturing his foot. He had to play the remaining dates of his UK tour sitting on a stool and walking on crutches.
6. In 1998 The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Viagra, saying it helped about two-thirds of impotent men improve their sexual function.
7. In 1947, Tommy Rogers, a boxer with only one arm, knocked his opponent, Somersby Dowst, down twice to win the title fight in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
8. Today has been a good day for telephones. The first long distance phone call, between Boston and New York, took place on this date in 1884. The first telephone in the White House was installed on this date in 1929.
9. In 1998 The Queen made her first official visit to a pub. The pub in question was the Bridge Inn Topsham, near Exeter, on the occasion of its 101st anniversary. She did not have a drink.
10. In 1814, the Massacre of Tohopeka (Horseshoe Bend) took place. General Andrew Jackson overwhelmed Creek forces. In order to ascertain how many Native Americans they had killed, the white soldiers cut off their noses – 557 of them – and skinned their bodies to tan hides for souvenirs.

The Power of Love

Willow believes in crystal healing, cosmic  ordering  and the significance of chance  encounters. She believes there's a spiritual  explanation for everything. Except she struggles to find a reason why she can turn herself into  mist and create a wave of energy which can slam a would-be mugger into a wall. Or why the love of  her life left her for a mysterious woman in sunglasses, who then disappeared without trace.  

A chance encounter with Firebolt, leader of the Freedom League superhero team, in a Glastonbury coffee shop, does turn out to be significant. He offers her a new start and the chance to use her powers for good.

Servant is a Christian who has joined the Freedom League in order to use his teleporting power to serve God. He and Willow clash from the start, yet they are drawn inexorably to one another.

When Willow leaves the team abruptly for reasons unknown, Servant knows he must put her out of his mind and find a nice Christian girl to settle down with. He is about to propose to devout and straight-laced Ruth, when Willow returns and turns his entire world upside down.

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