The six episodes of the first season of Parks and Recreation originally
aired in the United States on the NBC television networks on Thursdays
between April 9 and May 14, 2009. The comedy series was created by
Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, who served as executive producers with
Howard Klein. The season stars Amy Poehler (pictured), Rashida Jones,
Paul Schneider, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, and Aubrey Plaza, and
focuses on Leslie Knope (Poehler), the deputy director of the parks and
recreation department of the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. Early
test screenings were poor, and many critics and industry observers were
skeptical about the show's chances of success. The premiere episode was
watched by 6.77 million viewers, but the ratings declined to a season
low of 4.25 million viewers for the final episode, "Rock Show". Even
so, "Rock Show" received the best reviews of the season and convinced
some critics that the series had found the right tone.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parks_and_Recreation_%28season_1%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1917:
First World War: The Canadian Corps began the first wave of
attacks at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in Vimy, France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vimy_Ridge>
1948:
Palestine war: Fighters from the Zionist paramilitary groups
Irgun and Lehi attacked Deir Yassin, a village near Jerusalem, killing
more than 100 Palestinian Arabs.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_Yassin_massacre>
1967:
The first Boeing 737 took its maiden flight, eventually
becoming the most produced commercial passenger jet airliner in the
world.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737>
1993:
Iranian filmmaker Morteza Avini was killed by a land mine in
Fakkeh while producing a documentary.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morteza_Avini>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
grandfather:
1. (transitive, chiefly US, law) To retain existing laws or rules for (a
person or organization previously affected by them).
2. (intransitive, chiefly US, law) To retain existing laws or rules only
for people or organizations previously affected by them, and to apply
new laws or rules to the unaffected people or organizations.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grandfather>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Come, pluck up a good heart; speak the truth and shame the devil.
--François Rabelais
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Rabelais>