"Lisa the Vegetarian" is the fifth episode of the seventh season of the animated series The Simpsons, originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 15, 1995. In the episode, Lisa Simpson stops eating meat after a trip to a petting zoo. Initially ridiculed by her family and friends for her decision, she commits to vegetarianism after advice from Apu and from Paul and Linda McCartney. The McCartneys guest- starred as themselves, appearing on condition that Lisa would remain a vegetarian for the rest of the series. The episode contains references to Paul's musical career, and his song "Maybe I'm Amazed" plays over the closing credits. Directed by Mark Kirkland, "Lisa the Vegetarian" is the first full episode of The Simpsons written by David X. Cohen. It was watched by 14.6 million viewers and received positive reviews from television critics. For its themes on animal issues, it won an Environmental Media Award and a Genesis Award.

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1529:

The Siege of Vienna ended as the Austrians repelled the invading Turks, turning the tide against almost a century of unchecked conquest throughout eastern and central Europe by the Ottoman Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vienna

1764:

English historian Edward Gibbon observed friars singing Vespers at Capitoline Hill in Rome, inspiring him to write The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gibbon

1945:

Pierre Laval, twice head of government of Vichy France, was executed for high treason. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Laval

1965:

Vietnam War protests: The Catholic Worker Movement staged an anti-war rally in Manhattan, including the burning of draft cards, the first such act to result in arrest under a new amendment to the Selective Service Act. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft-card_burning

2005:

A march by members of the National Socialist Movement, a neo- Nazi group, in Toledo, Ohio, US, sparked a riot among protestors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Toledo_riot

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belly-timber: (archaic, now only humorous or regional) Food, provender. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/belly-timber

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I wonder why some people tend to see science as something which takes man away from God. As I look at it, the path of science can always wind through the heart. For me, science has always been the path to spiritual enrichment and self-realisation.   --A. P. J. Abdul Kalam https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam