One of the Boys is an American sitcom created by Blake Hunter and Martin
Cohan that aired six episodes on NBC from April 15 to May 20, 1989. It
is one of only a few American primetime programs that decade to star a
Latin American woman—María Conchita Alonso (pictured). She featured
as Maria Conchita Navarro, a Venezuelan immigrant to the United States
who begins working in the office of a small construction company and
marries its widowed owner, Mike Lukowski (Robert Clohessy). Five
production companies oversaw filming at Sunset Gower Studios in
Hollywood, where delays prevented critics from watching a preview in
advance of the premiere. Reviews referred to the concept as ordinary and
a repeat of themes from other television shows at that time. Alonso's
acting was mostly praised by critics. The mid-season replacement
received inconsistent Nielsen ratings and was not renewed for a second
season by NBC.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_of_the_Boys_%281989_TV_series%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1923:
Ten Japanese-American children were killed in a racially
motivated arson attack on a school in Sacramento, California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Sh%C5%8Dgakk%C5%8D_fire>
1936:
Two Jews were killed near Tulkarm in Mandatory Palestine, an
act widely viewed as the beginning of violence within the Arab revolt.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Tulkarm_shooting>
1989:
The Hillsborough disaster, a human crush that caused 97 deaths
in the worst disaster in British sporting history, occurred during an FA
Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Sheffield.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster>
2019:
A fire severely damaged Notre-Dame de Paris, destroying the
cathedral's timber spire and much of the roof.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_fire>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
airprox:
(aviation) A near miss between aircraft.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/airprox>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Movement will cease before we are weary of being useful.
--Leonardo da Vinci
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci>
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