Today is Anne and Samantha Day. As Anne was covered earlier this month, today is Samantha’s turn. Samantha is a female given name, first made popular in 1873 by the first novel in a series by Marietta Holley, featuring the adventures of a woman named "Samantha", wife of Josiah Allen. The meaning is uncertain, possibly a female form of Samuel and anthos, the Greek word for "flower". 10 famous Samanthas:
Samantha Fox: English pop singer and former glamour model. She rose to fame as a Page 3 model in The Sun tabloid newspaper, where she appeared regularly from 1983 until 1986, becoming one of the most photographed British women of the 1980s.
Samantha Mulder: Fox Mulder's sister on the TV show The X-Files.
Samantha Sang: stage name of Australian singer Cheryl Lau Sang. She worked with the Bee Gees, and had an international hit with their song "Emotion".
Samantha Carter: Fictional character from the television show Stargate SG-1.
Samantha Cameron: English businesswoman married to David Cameron, who was the British prime minister from 2010 to 2016.
Samantha Jones: character in the television show Sex and the City, played by Kim Cattrall.
Samantha Smith: American peace activist and child actress who became famous for her anti-war outreaches during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. In 1982, Smith wrote a letter to the newly appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, and received a personal reply with an invitation to visit the Soviet Union, which she accepted. With the assistance of her father, she wrote a book titled Journey to the Soviet Union, which chronicled her visit to the country. She died in a plane crash aged 13.
Samantha Stephens: the witch in the TV show Bewitched.
Samantha, the silent scorer in the BBC radio comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.
Samantha Beckinsale: British actress who played firefighter Kate Stevens in London's Burning.
Character birthday
Aqua, a member of the G-Men who has the genetic variant power of being able to breathe underwater. He can also control bodies of water. He is an accomplished swimmer and sailor. He is in a relationship with Speedy, one of his team mates.
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.
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. 
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