10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 1 February:
- On this date in 1887, William Padgett died when he inspected his neighbour’s bear trap to see if it was adjusted correctly, and got caught in it.
- In 1468 BC Pharaoh Tuthmoses III of the 18th Dynasty seized control of Egypt, upon the death, or more likely murder, of Hatsheput. Hatsheput was the first female king, and had ruled peacefully for seventeen years. She had initiated a culture of peace, building temples and sponsoring the arts.
- In 1992, a meeting took place in Washington DC, between President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin. They declared the official end of the Cold War and vowed to work together to democratise Russia.
- In 2008 NASA announced that Across the Universe by The Beatles would be the first song ever to be beamed directly into space. In a message to NASA, Sir Paul McCartney said the project was an "amazing" feat. "Well done, Nasa," he added. "Send my love to the aliens. All the best, Paul."
- The Times published its first Crossword puzzle on this date in 1930.
- According to a bunch of London fortune tellers and astrologers, on this date in 1524, the city would drown under the River Thames. The waters of the Thames would swell to such a height as to flood the whole city of London, and wash away ten thousand houses. A lot of people believed it, and packed up their goods, and moved to Kent and Essex on foot or by wagon. It didn't happen, of course, and rather than admit they were wrong, those who'd evacuated claimed there had been a miscalculation and the flood would come a century later, in 1624.
- In 1887, Harvey Wilcox of Kansas subdivided 120 acres of land he owned in Southern California and started selling it off as a real estate development. His wife christened it Hollywood after the summer home of a woman she'd met on a train.
- This date in 1915 saw the birth of Sir Stanley Matthews, the first British soccer player to receive a knighthood.
- In 1984, Michael Jackson's single, Thriller, was released.
- Born this date in 1901 was Clark Gable, American actor, best known as Gone With the Wind's Rhett Butler. His other films include Mutiny on the Bounty, The Misfits and It Happened One Night.
A superhero love story:
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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