31 March

 10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 31 March:

1. On this date in 2007, a world record for the longest non-stop concert was set by hundreds of musicians in Japan. The performance had begun on the evening of 23 March in the city of Omi, with musicians aged between six and 96 performing over 2,000 tunes over 182 hours. Organisers praised the musicians, one of whom carried on despite a major Earthquake during her piano piece.
2. In 1905, Sherlock Holmes was resurrected by his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes had been killed off in 1891 by falling to his death over the Alpine Reichenbach Falls, Switzerland.
3. This date in 2013 was the coldest Easter Day on record for the United Kingdom. The lowest temperature of -12.5C was recorded in Braemar in the Scottish Highlands.
4. In 1896, the first Zip fastener, marketed as a hookless shoe fastener, was patented in the USA by Whitcomb Judson, a Chicago inventor, but it had too many imperfections, and kept coming undone. The zip as we know it today was patented in 1913.
5. In 1966, the USSR launched Luna 10, the first spacecraft to orbit the Moon.
6. In 1923, the first US dance marathon, was held in New York. Alma Cummings set a world record of 27 hours on her feet.
7. In 1973, racehorse Red Rum set a record of 9 m1.9 sec for the Grand National Steeplechase.
8. In 1959, the Dalai Lama was forced to leave Tibet. He accused the Chinese of making genocide against the Tibetan people, by systematic destruction of Tibetan culture and execution of thousands of prominent citizens.
9. In 1892, the world’s first fingerprinting bureau was formally opened by the Buenos Aires Chief of Police, although it had been operating unofficially since 1891.
10. In 1889, the French flag was placed on top of the Eiffel Tower by French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, officially marking its completion. It had taken two years to erect.

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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