10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 28 May:
This date in 1759 saw the birth of William Pitt the Younger, who became the youngest ever British Prime Minister in 1783, aged 24. He is known as "William Pitt the Younger" to distinguish him from his father, William Pitt the Elder, who also served as Prime Minister. On meeting the King for the first time, in response to the observation that he was very young, he replied, “I think we can rely on time to remedy that.”
Born this date in 1934 were the Dionne Quintuplets (Annette Cécile, Émilie, Marie, Yvonne), first identical quintuplets known to survive infancy. Born to a poor family, where there were already five children, they were taken from their parents and exploited as a kind of side show, with people paying to view them.
In 1858, Erasmus Bond patented Tonic water
In 1881, periwinkles fell on Worcester during a severe thunderstorm.
In 1959, two Monkeys, Able and Baker, went into space on Jupiter and became the first animals to return safely to Earth.
In 1742, the first indoor swimming pool opened in Goodman's Fields, London.
In 1982, Barcelona soccer club bought Argentine football prodigy Diego Maradona from his junior club for a record $9,250,000.
In 1898, the Shroud of Turin was first photographed by Secundo Pia in Turin's Cathedral, where it had rested for 320 years.
The first historical event for which the exact date is known took place on this date in 585 BC. It was a battle between the Medes and the Lydians, which was called off when both armies were frightened by an Eclipse of the Sun.
In 1987, West German pilot Mathias Rust, 19, evaded Soviet air defence and landed his Cessna plane in Red Square in Moscow.
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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