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.

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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

_____________________________ 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

___________________________ 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