29 December

10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 29 December:

The Mississippi River

1. Donald Coggan, 101st archbishop of Canterbury was born on this date in 1910. He is commonly credited with remarking that "The art of hospitality is to make guests feel at home when you wish they were."
2. Born this date in 1928 was Bernard Cribbins, actor, comedian and singer. His hits include Hole In The Ground, Right Said Fred (which inspired the name of the band "Right Said Fred”) and Gossip Calypso. He has also appeared in a number of TV series, including The Avengers, The Wombles (providing the voices), Fawlty Towers, Worzel Gummidge, Last of the Summer Wine, Coronation Street and Doctor Who.
3. In 2001, Tyron Watson, a 48 year old worker at JR Wheel, a wheel manufacturer in Ohio, was killed when he walked into a cage housing a robot in order to work on it. The robot had not been properly de-energised; it reactivated and smashed him into a conveyor belt.
4. The last known speaker of Akkala Sami died on this date in 2003, rendering the Language extinct.
5. In 1675, Parliament ordered the closing of all Coffee houses, believing they were centres from which malicious rumours about the government originated.
6. In 1999, three Ferrets named Beckham, Posh Spice and Baby Spice were used to lay power cables for a rock concert being held in Greenwich, London, because digging up the turf at the Royal Park wasn't allowed. The ferrets were eased into tiny nylon harnesses with the wires. Ferrets instinctively make for any hole in the ground and were enticed to the end of the ducts by a slab of smelly meat.
7. Gas lights were first installed at the White House on this date in 1848.
8. In 1851, the first American Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in Boston.
9. In 2006, Burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese filed for divorce from Marilyn Manson after just a year of marriage.
10. In 1930 Fred Newton became the first (and to-date only) person to swim the Mississippi River – the long way, from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans. the swim was 1,826 miles and took him six months.

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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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