1 June

 10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 1st June:

1. This date in 1926 saw the birth of Marilyn Monroe, the iconic actress whose films include All About Eve, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How To Marry a Millionaire. She said, "It's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
2. Another performer born on this date, in 1857, was Joseph Pujol, known professionally as Le Pétomane. He was a French vaudeville star famous for being able to Fart at will. His stage name translated means "the fart maniac". His profession is sometimes referred to as a "Flatulist" or a "Fartiste." He was a smash hit at the Moulin Rouge in Paris. Highlights of his stage act included playing a flute through a rubber tube in his anus and making sound effects like cannon fire and thunderstorms. The grand finale of his act was an impression of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
3. Bob Dylan used an electric Guitar for the first time on this date in 1966, at the Royal Albert Hall during his British tour. The purists in the audience booed him.
4. The first written record of Scotch Whiskey, distilled by Friar John Cor, in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland was made on this date in 1495.
5. The first recorded earthquake in US history occurred in Plymouth Plantation, Massachusetts on this date in 1638. The earthquake took place at 2 pm, luckily did not cause any human deaths or much material damage.
6. In 1997, Spice girl Victoria Adams and footballer David Beckham got engaged.
7. In 1988, prisoners in Oregon prison began walking the exercise yard in the first sponsored walk to take place in a prison. They walked 3,400 miles to raise Money for organ transplants.
8. In 1938, the first issue of the comic book Superman appeared in news stands. Superman was created by two teenagers: Jerome Siegel and Joseph Shuster.
9. In 1908, John Krohn set out to walk around the United States with a wheelbarrow. He completed the walk around the perimeter of the US in 357 days (it's a good thing Alaska and Hawaii weren't states then). He walked 9,024 miles, wore out 11 pair of Shoes, 112 pairs of Socks, five wheels for his trusty wheelbarrow and never walked on Sunday.
10. In 2002, Caroline Hamilton and Ann Daniels arrived at the North Pole and became the first women to walk to both poles. They'd been part of a five woman team which had reached the South Pole in January 2000.

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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