10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 9 May:
This date in 1860 saw the birth of James Barrie, the Scottish writer best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up. He is also credited with popularising the name "Wendy", which was uncommon before he gave it to the heroine of Peter Pan. He once said, “Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else”.
American general John Sedgwick was killed in the Civil War battle of Spotsylvania on this date in 1864. His last words were allegedly: "They couldn't hit an Elephant at this dist..."
In 1893, the first motion picture demonstration was given by Thomas Edison in New York to 400 people at the Dept of Physics, Brooklyn Institute, using Edision's Kinetograph. An optical lantern projector showed moving images of a blacksmith and his helpers passing a bottle and forging Iron.
1956 Britain’s first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty was designated on this date in 1956: the Gower Peninsula in South Wales. The Gower Society had succeeded in getting it to the top of the list during a campaign to stop Billy Butlin building a holiday camp in Rhossili Bay.
In 1926, the first flight over the North Pole was achieved by American aviators Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett.
In 2011 Samoa announced plans to move west of the international dateline from the east, putting it a day ahead, to make trading with Australia and New Zealand easier.
In 1671, Colonel Thomas Blood, an Irish adventurer, disguised himself as a parson to gain entry into the Tower of London. Once inside, he befriended one of the keepers of the Royal Regalia. The same night, together with several accomplices armed with pistols and daggers, he stole the crown jewels. The gang managed to make their way out of the Tower, but were apprehended by Captain Beckman. Tried and found guilty, Blood convinced King Charles I that his death would set off a revolution, so was granted a pardon.
In 1967, boxer Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali) was stripped of his heavyweight boxing title after refusing to accept induction into the army.
In 1949, Britain’s first Launderette opened at 184 Queensway, London for a six-month trial.
In 1950, a bear cub was rescued from a fire in New Mexico fire. He was named Smokey and became the symbol for forest fire prevention. By 1964, he was getting so much fan mail that he was given his own zip code, 20252.
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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