1 August: Colorado

Colorado was admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876. 10 things you might not know about Colorado:

1. The name Colorado means “coloured Red” and derives from Spanish. The state was named after the red silt carried by the Colorado river.

2. Its nickname is the Centennial State because it was admitted to the Union in the centennial year, 100 years after the declaration of independence.

3. The capital is Denver. The flag features three horizontal stripes: White in the middle and Blue at the edges. In the foreground is a red letter “C” for Colorado, with a gold disc inside it which represents the mining industry.

4. The official state animal is the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep; the state tree is the Colorado Blue Spruce; the state bird is the lark bunting and the state flower is Rocky Mountain Columbine, which explains why the state song is called ‘Where the Columbines Grow’.

5. Everyone’s first rodeo: Colorado claims to have held the world’s first rodeo on July 4th, 1869 in Deer Trail. First prize in this contest was a suit of clothes.

6. It is the only U.S. state that lies entirely above 1000 meters’ elevation, and has the highest mean altitude of all the states. Hence it is the location for a number of US highests: The highest paved road in the U.S., the Mount Evans Scenic Byway; the highest suspension bridge, the Royal Gorge Bridge in Cañon City (1,053 feet); the tallest sand dune, the Star Dune at The Great Sand Dunes National Park, located in the San Luis Valley; and the highest incorporated city, Leadville, an old mining town, although it was Silver which was mined here, not lead!

7. Colorado also has the world’s largest natural hot springs swimming pool, at Glenwood Springs, and the world’s deepest hot springs. The Mother Spring aquifer in Pagosa Springs is more than 1,002 feet deep.

8. Cheeseburgers were invented in Colorado. In 1935, the owner of Denver’s Humpty Dumpty Drive-In, Louis Ballast, applied for a patent for a cheeseburger sandwich.

9. A famous dish is Rocky Mountain Oysters, which may seem odd as Colorado isn’t by the sea. Until you learn that they are actually bull’s testicles.

10. One of America’s wackiest celebrations takes place in Nederland, Colorado. It’s called Frozen Dead Guys Day and originated when an immigrant from Norway brought his grandfather’s cryogenically preserved corpse to the town. Traditional events on this day include a polar plunge, a hearse parade, and a coffin race.

Character Birthday

Betty Green, Housekeeper to eccentric professor Ildas McNair, who steps in to help him bring up the two princesses of Galorvia that he was asked to rescue. She is a minor character in From a Jack to a King.

From A Jack To A King

A royal palace is burning. The King and Queen are dead. The only hopes for an ancient dynasty flee to England for their lives.

A boy runs from his mother and the people he believes want to mutilate him, and vanishes, seemingly forever.

Gary Winchcombe, the experimental "super-cop" pursues a notorious gang of bank robbers, and starts to discover that his friends and neighbours have secrets he never could have imagined.

Tod Reynard wants to turn his life around. When he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Jade, he knows she might just be the one to help him change his life for the better. He cannot possibly know just how much.

When Jade's twin sister Gloria is kidnapped, old rivalries must be put aside and new associations formed in order to save Gloria's life and restore the rightful order of things.

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31 July: Harry Potter

Today is Harry Potter’s birthday (and also the birthday of his creator, JK Rowling). 10 things you might not know about Harry Potter and his friends:

1. Most people will know Harry’s parents are called James and Lily. Perhaps less well known are his paternal grandparents, who were called Fleamont and Euphemia. James was their only child. They lived to see him marry Lily, but died of dragon pox before Harry was born.

2. The Potter family is descended from the 12th-century wizard Linfred of Stinchcombe, "a locally well-beloved and eccentric man, whose nickname, 'the Potterer', became corrupted in time to 'Potter'".

3. The names of the characters in the book are often more significant than you might realise. Harry is a form of Henry, the name of several English kings, marking Harry as a leader. "Ronald" comes from the Old Norse Rögnvaldr, a title for a ruler's adviser. Hermione was a character in The Winter’s Tale which was chosen by the Grangers because it was a clever name. Dumbledore is an Old English word for "Bumble Bee." Rowling chose it because she always thought of Dumbledore humming to himself. The name Voldemort comes from French words that mean "flight of death." Ernie Prang and Stanley Shunpike – the conductor and driver of the Knight Bus – were named after J.K. Rowling’s grandfathers, Ernie Rowling and Stanley Volant.

4. Harry is described in the books as having perpetually untidy Black hair like his father, bright Green eyes like his mother, and a lightning bolt-shaped scar on his forehead. He is "small and skinny for his age" with "a thin face" and "knobbly knees", and he wears Windsor glasses. In the first book, his scar is described as "the only thing Harry liked about his own appearance". In the films, however, Harry does not have green eyes, because Daniel Radcliffe couldn’t get on with the green contact lenses.

5. Platform 9 ¾ at King’s Cross may not actually exist, but there is a sign for it at the station, because the station managers noticed huge numbers of people taking pictures of Platforms 9 and 10, so they decided to put the sign up.

6. The Hogwarts motto is in Latin and says “Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus” which means “Never tickle a sleeping Dragon”.

7. As of February 2023, Harry Potter books have sold more than 600 million copies worldwide, making them the best-selling book series in history, and have been translated into in 85 languages, including some with fewer than a million speakers such as Basque, Greenlandic, and Welsh, as well as the Classical languages Latin and Ancient Greek. Sadly, I could find no mention of a Klingon version.

8. The series has inspired scientific names of several organisms, including the Dinosaur Dracorex hogwartsia, the Spider Eriovixia gryffindori, the wasp Ampulex dementor, and the Crab Harryplax severus. The word "Muggle" entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 2003.

9. Harry had the ability to speak and understand "Parseltongue", a language associated with Dark Magic, because he harboured a piece of Voldemort's soul. He lost this ability when the part of Voldemort's soul inside him was destroyed at the end of The Deathly Hallows.

10. Horror writer Stephen King has said that he considers a villain from the Harry Potter series one of the creepiest fictional villains ever. He wrote: "The gently smiling Dolores Umbridge, with her girlish voice, toadlike face, and clutching, stubby fingers, is the greatest make-believe villain to come along since Hannibal Lecter."

Character Birthday

Destroyer, real name Desi Troyes, is a scientist from Innovia, Infinitus who was the scientific advisor to President Jack Ward. He led the project to find a solution to the threat of an asteroid strike on the planet and persuaded Ward that hitting any threatening asteroids with a nuclear bomb was the best solution and that the bomb should be tested on a remote island, Bird Island. Troyes had worked out that detonating the bomb there would set in motion a chain reaction of disasters that would bring Infinitus to its knees, and planned to rebuild the world with himself as ruler. However, the superhero Power Blaster diverted the bomb so that it detonated in the sky above the island. This averted Troyes’s planned disaster but opened a wormhole leading to Earth. Troyes was among many who were pulled through the wormhole, gaining powers in the process. Troyes joined up with some of the more villainous ones to form a group called the Desperadoes. Troyes began planning how he might repeat his plan on Earth. See the Raiders Trilogy.

Raiders Trilogy

Secrets and Skies

Jack Ward, President of Innovia, owes his life twice over to the enigmatic superhero, dubbed Power Blaster by the press. No-one knows who Power Blaster is or where he comes from - and he wants it to stay that way.

Scientist Desi Troyes has developed a nuclear bomb to counter the ever present threat of an asteroid hitting the planet. When Ward signs the order giving the go ahead for a nuclear test on the remote Bird Island, he has no inkling of Troyes' real agenda, and that he has signed the death warrants of millions of people.

Although the island should have been evacuated, there are people still there: some from the distant continent of Classica; protesters opposed to the bomb test; and Innovians who will not, or cannot, use their communication devices.

Power Blaster knows he must stop the bomb from hitting the island. He also knows it may be the last thing he ever does.

Meanwhile in Innovia, Ward and his staff gather to watch the broadcast of the test. Nobody, not even Troyes himself, has any idea what is about to happen.

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Over the Rainbow

'We're not in Trinity anymore,' says Leonard Marx, quoting a line from an old Innovian  movie. The moon is different; the planes flying overhead are different. Nobody has any idea where they are or if it's possible to get home. 

In this strange new world, people from the highly technical Innovia and the less advanced Classica must co-operate in order to survive. In addition, travel through the inter-dimensional wormhole has given some people unusual and unexpected powers.

Innovia mourns the loss of its superhero, Power Blaster, last seen carrying a nuclear bomb to the upper atmosphere away from the inhabited Bird Island. They don't believe he could possibly have survived.  Power Blaster has survived, but is close to death and stranded in the new dimension. He is nursed back to health by a Classican woman, Elena. She has no idea who he is, only that she is falling in love with the handsome stranger.  

Shanna sets out to discover what happened to Nathan Tate, who didn't return from his hiking holiday, not knowing her life is about to be turned inside out and upside down. 

Meanwhile, Desi Troyes, the man responsible for the catastrophe, is at large on the new world, plotting how he can transfer his plans for world domination to the planet he now finds himself on - Earth. 

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Closing the Circle

A stable wormhole has been established between Earth and Infinitus. Power Blaster and his friends can finally go home.

Desi Troyes is still at large on Earth - Power Blaster has vowed to bring him to justice. His wedding to Shanna is under threat as the Desperadoes launch an attempt to rescue their leader. Someone from Power Blaster's past plays an unexpected and significant role in capturing Troyes.

The return home brings its own challenges. Not everyone can return to the life they left behind, and for some, there is unfinished business to be dealt with before they can start anew.

Ben Cole in particular cannot resume his old life as a surgeon because technology no longer works around him. He plans a new life in Classica, away from technology. Shanna hears that there could be a way to reverse his condition and sets out to find it, putting herself in great danger. She doesn't know that she is about to uncover the secret of Power Blaster's mysterious past.

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30 July: Henry Ford Quotes

On his birthday, here are 10 Henry Ford Quotes:

1. If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

2. Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

3. Impossible means that you haven't found a solution yet.

4. If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

5. There are three things that grow more precious with age; old wood to burn, old books to read, and old friends to enjoy.

6. You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible.

7. Every object tells a story if you know how to read it.

8. When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

9. Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

10. Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

Character Birthday

Sparrow Hawk, a sailor from Classica, Infinitus who travelled through a wormhole to Earth with his crewmate, Giant. Giant was quickly recruited by Llew Powell as the muscle for his Combat Team Alpha; Giant insisted his friend be allowed to share his accommodation. After a few days, the wormhole effect caused Sparrow Hawk to grow wings, resulting in his admission to the team as well. Originally called Steven, he chose his code name from a bird he observed while learning to fly.

29 July: Clara Bow

Clara Bow, silent screen actress, was born on this date in 1905. 10 things you might not know about her:

1. She was born in Brooklyn, New York in a tenement apartment above a Baptist church. Her mother had been advised by her doctor not to get pregnant again having lost two babies already. Sarah Bow ignored the advice and nearly lost Clara as well since the already risky pregnancy was put at further risk by a heatwave. Years later, Clara wrote: "I don't suppose two people ever looked death in the face more clearly than my mother and I the morning I was born.”

2. Clara’s mother suffered from epilepsy and mental illness after falling from a second-story window and suffering a head injury. From an early age, Clara had to learn what to do if her mother had a seizure or a psychotic episode. Her father was rarely around.

3. It was her miserable home life which led her to movies. When she watched them, she said, “For the first time in my life I knew there was beauty in the world.”

4. Her first job was working at a Hot dog stand. Not long after that she entered a competition in a magazine to win a role in a film called Beyond the Rainbow. She won and played the lead’s little sister. Only when she went to see the film with two of her friends, she found her scenes had all been cut.

5. Her mother didn’t approve of her acting career to put it mildly. One night during the shooting of Beyond the Rainbow, Clara awoke to see her mother standing over her with a knife, saying, "I'm gonna kill ya, Clara. It'll be better." Sarah chased her daughter around the flat with the knife and then fainted. Next morning, Sarah couldn’t remember any of it. Sarah was committed to an asylum; Clara suffered from lifelong insomnia.

6. Despite the knock back with Beyond the Rainbow, Clara didn’t give up on acting and went on to appear in 46 silent films and 11 talkies. One of her most famous films was called It (no, not the one with the creepy clown) in which she played a salesgirl. It was based on a story by Elinor Glyn which had been published in Cosmopolitan. This film was the origin of the term “It girl”, with Clara being the first one.

7. Max Fleischer's cartoon character Betty Boop was based on her.

8. There was a lot of scandal and rumour circulating at the time about her love life. Not all of it was true. One article claimed she’d slept with the entire USC football team, which at the time included a young offensive tackle named Marion Morrison, who would later find fame as John Wayne. There’s no evidence it happened, though. She did have a brief affair with Bela Lugosi and is said to have attended a showing of the play Dracula wearing nothing but a fur coat and a bathing suit. He commissioned a nude portrait of her, which he hung over his bed and kept until he died.

9. She was only 28 when she retired and went to live on a working ranch with her husband, Western actor Rex Bell. They had two children together and lived happily at first, but Clara began showing signs of mental illness, attempting suicide in her 30s. Her suicide note stated she would rather be dead than famous. By the time she died from a heart attack at the age of 60, she had left her family and was living as a recluse.

10. She found the transition to talkies hard, less because of her strong Brooklyn accent than because having to stand near a microphone was too restrictive. She liked to walk around when acting. Boom microphones helped, but she had a tendency to look nervously up at it. Ironically, her last ever performance was on the Radio where she was the mystery voice in a contest in 1947.

Character Birthday

LaserLight, aka Matthew Webster. He grew up in poverty with his mother and sister in a too small apartment and attending a failing school. He managed to avoid getting sucked into the drug and crime culture at school and would escape by watching James Bond movies. When approached by Firebolt of the Freedom League, who had picked up that he was a genetic variant using a detector, he saw the Freedom League as a way to become a real life James Bond. Not only did the League train him to use his powers, the ability to generate laser beams from his fingertips and hyper powers of observation, but they paid for him to go to a good school and later university. During a mission for the Freedom League he met a woman who called herself Lady Antonia du Cane and was powerfully attracted to her. On discovering that Lady Antonia didn't exist, he set out to find her, managing to infiltrate Viper HQ and find the woman who had posed as Antonia – Violet Parker, a Viper agent. In due course, he discovered that she was really Yasmin Miller, the missing daughter of Target and Ivory. He is still in a relationship with her.

Who's That Girl?

Matt Webster lives in a tower block and attends a failing school. He dreams of being a spy like James Bond. Little does he know that he is being watched by someone who can make him into even more than that – a superhero.

His first solo mission is to attend a ball at the Decembrian Embassy and discover who is planning to steal a priceless diamond. While there, he meets the mysterious Lady Antonia du Cane, and is powerfully drawn to her. It soon becomes clear, however, that Lady du Cane is not what she seems. Matt’s quest to discover who she really is almost costs him his career.

A modern day Guy Fawkes gathers a coterie around him with the aim of blowing up Parliament with a nuclear bomb. To achieve this, they need money. Lots of it. Selling the Heart of Decembria Diamond will provide more than enough. All that stands in their way is the Freedom League – but the League is beset by internal disagreements. Can the heroes put their differences aside in time to save the day?

Prime Minister Richard Miller and his wife Fiona grieve for their daughter, Yasmin, who has been missing for three years, and is presumed to be dead. Viper agent Violet Parker could hold the key to what happened to Yasmin, but Violet is accused of giving away the organisation’s secrets. She is to be executed without trial. Will she take her knowledge of what happened to Yasmin with her to her grave?

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28 July: Netball

The Netball world cup starts on this date in 2023. 10 things you might not know about netball:

1. Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. It’s similar to Basketball; you could say it’s a “sister” sport of that game, arising from modified rules which made it easier for women to play basketball given the long skirts and restrictive clothing women were wearing in the 1890s. Between 1901 and 1970, netball was called ‘Women’s Basketball’ in Australia and New Zealand.

2. The differences? The hoop or goal ring in netball has no back board. Netball also bars dribbling, bouncing, and running while in possession of the ball.

3. Another difference is that the different positions have proscribed areas on the court where they are allowed to be during the game. This arose from a mistake. Clara Baer, a sports teacher in New Orleans, wrote to Naismith asking for a copy of the rules, which he duly sent. He included a diagram of the court divided into thirds to illustrate where players might best patrol, but she misinterpreted that as restrictions.

4. The first codified rules of netball were published in 1901 by the Ling Association, later the Physical Education Association of the United Kingdom.

5. The first netballs were made from Brown leather. Today they are made from White rubber.

6. According to World Netball, over 20 million people play the game, in more than 70 countries.

7. While it remains a popular sport for women, men’s and mixed teams do exist. Men's netball started to grow in Australia during the 1980s, with the first men's championship being held in 1985.

8. The first-ever international netball match was played in 1938 between Australia and New Zealand. Those countries still dominate the Netball World Cup, taking the top two places virtually every time so far. Though in 1979, the contest ended in a three way tie: Australia, New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago. The reigning world champions at time of writing are New Zealand, who defeated arch-rivals Australia by one goal in the 2019 final.

9. In 1995, netball became an International Olympic Committee recognised sport federation, but it has not yet been played at the Olympics. Netball enthusiasts are keen for it to be included in order to attract more attention and funding.

10. Netball is often called a non-contact sport, although a more accurate description might be a ‘fair contact sport’ which means if two players do make contact while both going for the ball they don’t get penalised just for that.

Character Birthday

Mindstorm. A somewhat disorganised, absent-minded and clumsy young man who was discovered to be a genetic variant when he went with a friend who was going to be tested as moral support. The friend turned out to be normal, but Draper was identified as a variant. He underwent tests with Unicorn and it was found he had a minor psionic power but it proved too weak to be useful. Draper was disappointed, and when Dr Chaos offered him the chance to try out a helmet which could enhance his power he jumped at the chance. Before he'd finished training and reached his full potential, he worked out that Chaos was planning to use him for criminal purposes and left, taking the helmet with him.

After this he had a string of menial jobs, many of which he lost because of poor timekeeping or lack of commitment. This record went against him when he answered the ad for combat team fighters. All four teams rejected him and even Combat Team Epsilon were concerned he could be a liability. However, their ethos was to give everyone a fair chance. They were surprised and relieved to discover that the helmet had the additional effect of helping Draper focus.

27 July: Creme Brulee

Today is National Crème Brulee Day. 10 things you didn’t know about Crème Brulee:

1. Crème Brulee has also been known as burnt cream, crema catalana, or Trinity cream.

2. Its earliest incarnation was in Spain in the 14^th century when it appeared as crema catalana in the Catalan cookbook Llibre de Sent Soví.

3. Some Spanish recipe books referred to it as Cream of St Joseph as it was traditionally dessert served on Saint Joseph's Day.

4. The first time it appeared as crème brulee was in a French cookbook in 1691 by François Massialot and published by the Palace of Versailles.

5. The two recipes were virtually the same, except crema catalana is made with Milk, while crème brulee is made with cream.

6. So what is it? It’s a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel. The ingredients are vanilla, Sugar, cream, Eggs and Water. It is usually served in individual ramekins at room temperature.

7. If you want a vegan version, use coconut milk, corn starch, sugar, almond milk, vanilla beans and yeast.

8. The dessert was introduced at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1879 as "Trinity Cream" or "Cambridge burnt cream", with the college arms "impressed on top of the cream with a branding iron".

9. In a fancy restaurant, chefs use a butane torch to melt the sugar and make the Caramel, but if you’re making it at home, broiling for a couple of minutes will do the trick.

10. The largest crème brulee ever was 26 feet in diameter, weighed 1,600 pounds and was estimated to have two million calories. The recipe called for 4,000 eggs, 125 pounds of sugar, 115 gallons of cream, 19 gallons of milk and a gallon of vanilla extract. Chefs used an industrial blowtorch to caramelise the sugar.

Character birthdays

Princess Helena of Galorvia, daughter of Queen Jade. Her twin, Charlotte, was stillborn. The assassin Sebastian Garrett was charged with killing her but Helena’s genetic variant powers of energy bolts and flight meant his attempt ended in failure. When he abducted her in order to try again, she convinced him to fake the killing. He did, but knew if he let her go his failure to kill her wouldn’t remain secret so he tried to keep her captive instead. In due course, after a number of ups and downs, they fell in love and married. Read about it in Killing Me Softly.

Puffball McKenzie, supermodel from Sprawling, Innovia in the Infinitus

dimension. Known for a particular fondness for the colour white and her disastrous relationships with rich and famous men. She had a one night stand with the superhero Power Blaster and was disappointed when he made it clear he wasn’t interested in taking it further. Eventually, she fell in love with Riley, the man who dealt with her social media technical issues. She has the power to create light, from a soft glow to illuminate a dark space to dazzling, blinding light. The power comes from when she was kidnapped by the Desperadoes, who carried her through a power generating wormhole. Read about her in Secrets and Skies and Closing the Circle.

Killing Me Softly

Sebastian Garrett is an assassin. It wasn’t his first choice of vocation, but nonetheless, he’s good at it, and can be relied upon to get the job done. He’s on top of his game.

Until he is contracted to kill Princess Helena of Galorvia. She is not just any princess. Sebastian doesn’t bargain on his intended victim being a super-heroine who gives as good as she gets. Only his own genetic variant power saves him from becoming the victim, instead of Helena. 

Fate has another surprise in store. Sebastian was not expecting to fall in love with her.

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Secrets and Skies

Jack Ward, President of Innovia, owes his life twice over to the enigmatic superhero, dubbed Power Blaster by the press. No-one knows who Power Blaster is or where he comes from - and he wants it to stay that way.

Scientist Desi Troyes has developed a nuclear bomb to counter the ever present threat of an asteroid hitting the planet. When Ward signs the order giving the go ahead for a nuclear test on the remote Bird Island, he has no inkling of Troyes' real agenda, and that he has signed the death warrants of millions of people.

Although the island should have been evacuated, there are people still there: some from the distant continent of Classica; protesters opposed to the bomb test; and Innovians who will not, or cannot, use their communication devices.

Power Blaster knows he must stop the bomb from hitting the island. He also knows it may be the last thing he ever does.

Meanwhile in Innovia, Ward and his staff gather to watch the broadcast of the test. Nobody, not even Troyes himself, has any idea what is about to happen.

Available from Amazon or Amazon Kindle

Closing the Circle

A stable wormhole has been established between Earth and Infinitus. Power Blaster and his friends can finally go home.

Desi Troyes is still at large on Earth - Power Blaster has vowed to bring him to justice. His wedding to Shanna is under threat as the Desperadoes launch an attempt to rescue their leader. Someone from Power Blaster's past plays an unexpected and significant role in capturing Troyes.

The return home brings its own challenges. Not everyone can return to the life they left behind, and for some, there is unfinished business to be dealt with before they can start anew.

Ben Cole in particular cannot resume his old life as a surgeon because technology no longer works around him. He plans a new life in Classica, away from technology. Shanna hears that there could be a way to reverse his condition and sets out to find it, putting herself in great danger. She doesn't know that she is about to uncover the secret of Power Blaster's mysterious past.

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26 July: 207

Today is the 207^th day of the year. 10 fun facts about the number 207:

1. The numerical value of the word "Light" in the Torah is 207.

2. 207 is the telephone area code for the U.S. state of Maine.

3. London Buses route 207 runs between Hayes By-Pass and White City bus station.

4. 207 Hedda is a Main belt Asteroid discovered by Johann Palisa on October 17, 1879, and was named after Hedwig, the wife of astronomer Friedrich A. T. Winnecke.

5. To count from 1 to 207 would take you about forty-three seconds.

6. The Peugeot 207 is a supermini car designed and produced by the French automaker Peugeot from 2006 to 2014.

7. The year 207 was a common year starting on Thursday, known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Maximus and Severus. The Battle of White Wolf Mountain in which Warlord Cao Cao defeated the Wuhuan tribes took place in this year.

8. Based at RAF Marham, 207 Squadron is the joint RAF and Royal Navy Operational Conversion Unit for Lightning. It started as 7 Naval Air Squadron in 1916. Previous aircraft flown include the Airco DH.9A, Lancaster, Valiant and Tucano.

9. The square root of 207 is 14.3874945699.

10. In numerology, a person influenced by 207 energy is highly aware of the major needs of humanity. They know teamwork is necessary when addressing those needs. There is compassion and tolerance and a tendency to support organisations dedicated to the well-being of humankind. The person is likely to value all relationships they are a part of, and can see broad possibilities for reaching far-fetched goals with dedicated teamwork.

Character birthday

Earthstar, Leader of the Earth Guard, a group of Innovians brought to Earth by a wormhole from Infinitus. His powers include Flight, psionics, force fields and regeneration.