10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 22 March:
- This date in 1931 saw the birth of William Shatner, the Canadian actor who plays Star Trek's Captain James Tiberius Kirk. On a TV interview Shatner confessed to a fear of flying, and also revealed that the dramatic pauses in Kirk's speeches were the result of him trying to remember his next line. It's probably no coincidence that in the Star Trek Universe, this same date in 2233 is (or will be) the birthdate of Captain James T Kirk, in a small Iowa town.
- This date has not been a good day for the Wallenda family. In 1978, Karl Wallenda, 73, patriarch of "The Flying Wallendas" high-wire act, fell to his death while promoting a touring circus by attempting to walk a cable between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. On the same date in 1962, his nephew and son-in-law were killed when their human pyramid act collapsed, and in 1972, Richard Guzman accidentally touched a live wire while climbing a pole to join his father-in-law, Karl Wallenda, during a performance. The shock made him lose his grip and he plunged to his death.
- In 2002, Susie Stephens, 36, America's top pedestrian safety expert, was run over and killed by a tour bus in St Louis, Missouri, where she was advising a cycling and walking conference on safety. The driver said he didn't see her as he turned left.
- In 1895, Auguste and Louis Lumière showed their first movie to an audience in Paris; generally regarded as the first ever display of a film projected onto a screen. It showed workers leaving the Lumière factory at Lyons at the start of their lunch hour.
- In 2001, the Space station Mir fell into Pacific Ocean south-east of Fiji.
- In 2002, in an attempt to end a jinx on a dressing room at the Millennium Stadium, where the last 8 teams to use it had lost, Paul Darby carried out geomancy ceremony with incense, bells, and chants. He even had help from Uri Geller, who offered to fly over in a Helicopter and beam down positive thoughts. None of it worked. The next team to use that dressing room also lost.
- The first modern sighting of the Loch Ness Monster was made on this date in 1880. The myth had started with a sighting by the medieval saint, Columba.
- In 1903, Niagara Falls ran out of water because of a drought.
- In 1997, the world's smallest boomerang, measuring 48 mm or 1.8 inches long and 45 mm or 1.77 inches wide was thrown successfully by Sadir Kattan during the Australian National Boomerang Championships in Melbourne.
- This date in 1990 was not a good day for Broccoli. It was the day that George Bush announced, "I do not like broccoli and I haven't since I was a kid and my mother made me eat it, and I'm the President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli."
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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