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"Mother and Child Reunion" is the two-part pilot episode of the Canadian teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation, which premiered on 14 October 2001 on the CTV Television Network. As with the majority of Degrassi: The Next Generation episodes, "Mother and Child Reunion" takes its title from a pop song, in this case, Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion". Degrassi: The Next Generation is the fourth series in the fictional Degrassi universe created in 1979. The episode reunited some of the previous characters in a ten-year high school reunion (Stefan Brogren pictured), while also introducing a new generation of Degrassi students. The main plot centres around Emma Nelson, born during the preceding series Degrassi High, who is invited to a hotel by an internet stalker, posing as a teenage boy. The episode received mixed reviews from the mass media, and was nominated for two Gemini Awards and two Directors Guild of Canada Awards. (more...)

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1888:

French inventor Louis Le Prince filmed Roundhay Garden Scene, the earliest surviving motion picture, in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Le_Prince

1912:

John Benjamin Murphy treated former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt after the latter was shot in an assassination attempt, having delivered a speech with the bullet still in him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benjamin_Murphy

1926:

The first book featuring English author A. A. Milne's fictional bear Winnie-the-Pooh was first published. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh

1956:

B. R. Ambedkar, a leader of India's "Untouchable" caste, publicly converted to Buddhism, becoming the leader of the Dalit Buddhist movement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit_Buddhist_movement

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