10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 27 April:
On this date in 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was murdered by islanders in the Philippines. He's often considered to be the first person to circumnavigate the globe, having sailed from Spain, more than 18 months earlier, with five ships and 270 men, but he never actually made it home.
Another explorer died in a less dramatic fashion on this date in 1794. James Bruce, having survived numerous perils during his travels in Africa, died as a result of falling downstairs, having missed his footing while offering his hand to a lady.
In 1992, the House of Commons elected Betty Boothroyd, MP for West Bromwich and a former chorus girl, as the first female Speaker.
Two London attractions opened on this date. In 1828 The London Zoological Gardens in Regents Park, and in 1937 the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich was opened by King George VI.
Staying in London, in 1998 the tube station Mornington Crescent reopened after 5 years after a successful campaign by fans of the pointless panel game of the same name on Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. The opening ceremony was performed by the cast of the show.
In 1997 Leander Rowing club ended its 179 year ban on women members to qualify for £1.5m lottery grant.
According to A Pilgrim's Almanac, in1417, a Chicken in Basel, Switzerland was burned at the stake for violating natural law by laying a brightly coloured Egg.
In 1865, the steamer Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River killing about 1,700 people. Of the estimated 2,300 people on board, 2,134 were Union soldiers returning from Confederate prison camps. The cause of the accident was never determined. The disaster was eventually nicknamed the "Titanic of the Mississippi".
In 1546, William Foxley, a pot-maker for the Mint in the Tower of London, fell asleep and couldn't be awakened by anyone. He woke up 14 days later. No-one knows why.
In 2003, the longest Lego structure in the world was completed: using 2,477,140 bricks, over 20,000 children in Bangkok, Thailand made a Lego millipede 1,052 meters or 3,451 feet long.
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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