22 December

 10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 22 December:

1. On this date in 1716, Lincoln's Inn Theatre, London, put on England's first Pantomime, which included Harlequin, Columbine and Pantaloon.
2. In 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen made the first X Ray, of his wife's hand.
3. In 1938, A coelacanth, a fish thought to be extinct, was caught off South Africa.
4. In 1977, a young man named Thomas Helms decided to commit suicide. He climbed to the edge of the observation deck on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building in New York, and jumped off. However, he only fell 20 feet before landing on a narrow ledge. He suffered no major injuries but was knocked unconscious for half-an-hour – adequate time for an emergency crew to bring him safely inside.
5. In 2000, a magistrate’s musical tie played Santa Claus is coming to Town as a man convicted of common assault was led down to cells. The tie was a present from wife, and he didn't know how to switch it off.
6. In 1987, Chinese thieves caused chaos in the streets of Xianyang in north China when they stole 2,249 manhole covers to sell back to government departments.
7. In 877, King Alfred the Great passed a law that no servant had to work during the 12 days of celebration following Midwinter – basically the 12 Days of Christmas, a Christian period of celebration created to replace the pagan Saturnalia.
8. In 1984 Koko, a Gorilla who spoke sign language, cried at the news that her kitten had died.
9. In 2010, the Abbey Road Zebra Crossing in north London, famous for appearing on a Beatles Album cover, was given Grade II listed status. The crossing, the first of its kind to be listed, was being recognised for its "cultural and historical importance" following advice from English Heritage.
10. On this date in 1980, Stiff Records released an album titled The Wit and Wisdom of Ronald Reagan. The record contained no sound whatsoever.

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Sent away to school to get her away from undesirable company, Agnes finds herself homesick and lonely. A brief connection with Jason Warner leads to the teenage crush to end all teenage crushes. Jason is barely aware Agnes exists, but she plans her whole future around him.

It is only when they meet again as adults that the connection becomes mutual; but before it can develop, Jason makes a discovery which rocks his entire world. He needs time alone, away from everyone, including Agnes. When Jason is finally ready to go back to his old life, Agnes has moved on and he cannot find her.

Agnes is now a single parent to the remarkable Seraphina. The Power League want to harness Seraphina's powers for evil before the Freedom League become aware of her. Agnes has no idea her new colleague and friend is a supervillain with his own agenda, and his willingness to babysit is not as innocent as she thinks. As Incendio starts teaching Seraphina to use her powers, the Freedom League intervene. Little do they know that they have found one of their own.

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