5 June

 10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 5 June:

1. On this date in 1977, Alice Cooper's pet boa constrictor was bitten by a Rat it was trying to eat, and died. Cooper held a public audition to replace the Snake, which was featured in his act.
2. According to tradition, this date in 8498 BC was the date of the disaster which destroyed the ancient civilization of Atlantis. From an advanced culture it had deteriorated into a military aggressor, so the gods resolved to punish it, according to Plato in his Timaeus and Critias. The anger of the God Zeus is believed to have caused the cataclysm forcing the island continent to sink into the Atlantic Ocean.
3. In 1661, Isaac Newton was admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge.
4. The trial of Lizzie Borden, for the axe murder of her parents, began on this date in 1893. She was acquitted 15 days later.
5. In 1998, someone stole the cobbles from Brecon Street Kensington, Liverpool, which were worth £5-10 each.
6. In 1994, the youngest female pilot to cross the Atlantic, Vicki Van Meter, aged 12, took off from Maine, to follow Amelia Earhart's historic route. She arrived in Scotland two days later.
7. Michael Kearney, aged 10, received his bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of South Alabama on this date in 1994, making him the youngest college graduate.
8. In 1995, China’s first exhibition of Toilets opened at the Museum of the Cultural Revolution in Tiananmen Square.
9. In 1959, Robert Zimmerman graduated from Hibbing High School in Minnesota. Later, at the University of Michigan he performed in a campus coffee house under the name Bob Dylan.
10. This date in 1910 saw the demise of O Henry (William Sydney Porter), American short story writer, at the age of 47. His last words were "Turn up the lights — I don't want to go home in the dark."

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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