Tuesday 1 August 2023

16 August: 228

Today is the 228th day of the year. 10 fun facts about the number 228:

  1. 228 Agathe is a stony main belt asteroid, about 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 19 August 1882 at Vienna Observatory, Austria, and named after the youngest daughter of Austrian astronomer Theodor von Oppolzer (1841–1886), professor of astronomy in Vienna.

  2. In London, the 228 bus runs from Central Middlesex Hospital To Chippenham Road / Shirland Road.

  3. Bar 228 is a bar in Paris, part of the Le Meurice hotel, now part of the Dorchester group. The hotel was the first hotel in Paris to have a telephone, in 1889.

  4. The 228 incident was an anti-government uprising in Taiwan which began on February 28, 1947.

  5. Area code 228 is the telephone area code for the Gulf Coast in the U.S. state of Mississippi, serving the three counties in the state's southeastern tip: Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson.

  6. The A228 road is in Kent, England. It begins at the Isle of Grain and runs in a south-westerly direction to connect eventually with the A21 trunk road at Pembury.

  7. Label 228 is a sticker issued by the United States Postal Service for labelling Priority Mail packages with a mailing address. Label 228 is available free of charge at all USPS Post Office locations or delivered by mail when ordered online.

  8. The Roman numeral for 228 is CCXXVIII, and in Binary it’s 11100100.

  9. The year 228 was a leap year starting on Tuesday known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Modestus and Maecius. In this year, there were two major battles in China, the Battle of Jieting and the Battle of Shiting.

  10. In numerology the number 228 is all about creative expression and creative people coming together to support one another. The house or company or geographical area with number 228 as part of its name or address is permeated with a creative energy that tends to affect all who are within it.


Character birthday

Alan Jackson, college friend of Ultra Grav. His daughter, Clare (Flare) is a genetic variant who joined Ultra Grav’s team, the G Men.


Running in the Family

An alien craft approaches Earth. The alien on board is a fugitive, fleeing from an arranged marriage to freedom on our world. She befriends James, a genetics student, and shares her knowledge about the future of the human race with him. 

A science experiment gone wrong gifts James with superhuman abilities; but they come at a price, leading him to mentor others like himself. He founds a group of amateur heroes called the Freedom League.

The Freedom League suffers a string of losses and tragedies; it seems doomed to failure; but one of its members, Peter Mayfield, has vowed to form a group of his own. He is determined to keep his vow, despite having lost Rosemary, the one person he wanted by his side to help him.

Lizzie Hopkins is a talented young athlete and dancer. Peter sees her in action and guesses her exceptional abilities are far more than they seem. He offers to train and mentor Lizzie - but her mother is violently opposed to his suggestion.

As soon as she is old enough, Lizzie takes matters into her own hands; she seeks out Peter and his group for herself. She soon makes a discovery which shakes her world at its very foundations. Her search for the truth will resolve many unanswered questions, but it will also stir up old heartbreaks dating back to the Freedom League's early days.

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