10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 29 March:
- The first wedding in the White House took place on this date in 1812 when Mrs. Lucy Payne Washington, sister-in-law of President James Madison married Supreme Court Justice Thomas Dodd.
- In 1959, Some Like it Hot with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon premièred in the USA.
- Coca Cola was invented by Dr John Pemberton on this date in 1886. The first batch was brewed over a fire in a backyard in Atlanta. It was launched as an ‘Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage’, hangover cure and a stomach ache/headache remedy, and it claimed to relieve exhaustion. One of its chief ingredients until 1904 was the dried leaf of the coca plant, a principal source of cocaine.
- In 1807, H. W. Olbers discovered Vesta, the only asteroid visible to the naked eye.
- The first London Marathon took place on this date in 1981. It was won by Norwegian Inge Simonsen.
- In 1940, metal strips were introduced into the Bank of England £1 notes, as an anti-forgery device.
- In 1988, Ian Botham set off on a fund-raising trek across the Alps in Hannibal’s footsteps, Elephants and all. On the same day, he learned his contract with Queensland Cricket Association had been cancelled because of his behaviour.
- 1461 England's bloodiest battle took place around the village of Towton in Yorkshire. It lasted ten hours. More than 28,000 died as Henry VI's Lancastrian forces were crushed and the throne was claimed by Edward IV.
- In 1871, The Royal Albert Hall was opened by Queen Victoria, and, in 1904, her son Edward VII opened Richmond Park to the public.
- In 1990, the world's largest Yo yo was launched from a 160 foot crane in Indiana. Built by a woodwork class at Shakamak High School, the yo-yo was 6 feet in diameter and weighed 820 pounds. It yo-yoed 12 times.
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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