10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 17 May:
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| Victoria and Albert Museum |
On this date in 2011, Queen Elizabeth II embarked upon a state visit to the Republic of Ireland, the first visit of a British monarch since Ireland's independence from the United Kingdom in 1921.
In 1899, Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
In 2003, The Immaculate Baking Company in Hendersonville, North Carolina baked the world's largest cookie, using 30,000 Eggs, 6,500 pounds of Butter and 6,000 pounds of Chocolate. The cookie weighed 37,000 pounds and measured 102 feet in diameter.
In 1935, the temperature in Rickmansworth was -8.6C in Rickmansworth, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the UK during May.
In 1620, the first merry-go-round was set up at a fair in Philippolis, Turkey.
In 1961, the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at Guildford was consecrated 25 years after the foundation stone was laid. It was the first cathedral to be built on a new site since the Reformation.
In 1997 in Plainville, CT, a car was sold for 10,000 Bananas. The purchaser was oneTony Quirion who took a dealer's advertisement for a 1983 Cadillac saying "First 10,000 Bananas Takes It" literally. He called a fruit wholesaler and obtained the bananas for about $1,100 – less than half the cash price of the car. Quirion showed up at the car dealers with the mountain of bananas. "I opened my mouth and someone brings in bananas," the dealer said. "I had to hold myself to my word," and handed over the car.
In 1990 researchers in England discovered that at least three of Winston Churchill’s broadcast speeches during World War II were in fact spoken by an actor, Norman Shelley, who read from Hansard (parliamentary records), because the Prime Minister was too busy to speak on the air.
In 1900, Mafeking, a small town in the northern Cape, was relieved after a 217 day siege by the Boers. Robert Baden-Powell, who later started the Scout movement, became a national hero for refusing to surrender and for the keeping his troops' spirits up during the siege. That said, it could be argued that if he really was a national hero, he wouldn't have got himself trapped in Mafeking to start with.
In 1938, the Marquess of Bute sold half the city of Cardiff for £20 million in the biggest British property deal ever. The deal included included theatres, farmlands, villages, 20,000 houses, 1,000 shops and 250 pubs.
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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