20 March

 10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 20 March:

1. This date in 1917 was the birth date of Dame Vera Lynn, a singer popular during the second world war with hits such as We'll Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover.
2. In 1963, Mount Agung, a volcano on the island of Bali in the East Indies erupted. The eruption coincided with the Balinese festival of Eka Dasa Rudra, and so hundreds of worshippers gathered on the slopes of the volcano to pray and chant to it. The volcano clearly didn't care much for their acts of worship, as it proceeded to spew lava, ash and poison gas over them. The eventual death toll from the eruption exceeded 1,500 and 80,000 people were left homeless.
3. In Sudan, the last known male Northern white Rhinoceros, died in captivity on this date in 2018, leaving two females as the only surviving members of the subspecies.
4. In 1999, Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland and Brian Jones of Britain became the first aviators to fly a Hot air balloon around the world non-stop.
5. In 1985, Libby Riddles of Teller, Alaska, became the first woman to win the Iditarod sled dog race, covering the distance from Anchorage to Nome in nearly 18 days.
6. In 1980, Joseph Riveria, aged 28, a truck driver from Texas, walked into the New York office of Elektra/Asylum Records, drew a gun and took the office manager hostage. He demanded to see either Jackson Browne or the Eagles, because he hoped they would invest in his trucking operation. Eventually, Riviera surrendered to police without hurting anybody.
7. In 1974 An attempt was made to kidnap Princess Anne in the Mall. Ian Ball fired six shots, then tried to drag her out of her car. He fled as passers-by joined her bodyguard and police to foil the attempt, and was later caught. He was charged with attempted murder, and claimed he'd done it to highlight the lack of mental care facilities.
8. In 2000, an armed robber in Germany put his gun down on the counter so he could hold his swag bag open with both hands to receive the money. The clerk seized the gun and the robber fled.
9. On the same day in Palestine Texas, Antonio Laro escaped from prison by sawing through the bars with dental floss.
10. In 1988, DeAndra Anrig, aged 8, was lifted ten feet off the ground and carried 100 feet, when the string of her Kite was snagged by a plane flying over Shoreline Park, California.

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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