10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 8 May:
This date in 1926 saw the birth of national treasure David Attenborough, famous for his wildlife documentaries.
This was a popular date for Europeans coming across landmarks in the New World and giving them new names. In 1541, the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto encountered the Mississippi River, which he called Rio de Espiritu Santo (River of the Saint Spirit). and in 1792, British Captain George Vancouver came across a mountain in Washington that the locals called Mt. Fred, and renamed it Mount Rainier.
In 1980, the World Health Organisation announced smallpox had been eradicated. So far, it has been the only disease eradicated by man.
This date in 1884 was the wettest ever May day in the UK. 172.2mm of rain fell in Seathwaite, a village in the Lake District.
Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton introduced Coca Cola on this date in 1886. He'd been working on a new medicine, a headache and hangover remedy which contained cocaine. At first, he used water, but the drug-store clerk mixed it with carbonated water, and that was the beginning of Coke as we know it today. Pemberton called it "Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage."
In 1962, the last London trolley bus left Wimbledon Town Hall at 11.46am for the depot. London students bemoaned their being taken out of service so a crowd of them followed the last trolley bus, carrying a coffin draped in black and singing Auld Lang Syne. The trolley arrived at its destination 42 minutes late.
In 1995, the annual Take your Daughter to Work Day didn't work out so well for Ohio father Bill Means. He took his daughter Marisa to work, only to have her witness him being fired.
The siege of Orleans ended on this date in 1429 when French troops under Joan of Arc stormed the English forts during the Hundred Years War.
The first recorded deaths from hailstones in the US, Winnsborough, North Carolina occurred on this date in 1784, when hailstones up to 9 inches in diameter killed several men and farm animals.
Xie Qiuping began growing her Hair in 1973 at the age of 13. On this date in 2004, her hair was measured. Her hair measured in at 5.627 meters, netting her a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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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