King's Highway 61 is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian
province of Ontario that forms part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour.
The 61-kilometre (38 mi) route extends from a junction at Highway 11,
Highway 17 and the Harbour Expressway in Thunder Bay south to a bridge
over the Pigeon River, where it crosses into the United States and
becomes Minnesota State Highway 61. The roads on either side of the
river were completed in 1916, but there was no bridge to connect them.
Funding for a bridge over the international crossing at the Pigeon River
required federal approval from both governments, but local civic groups
in Port Arthur and Duluth expected that the process would be too slow,
and built it without approval. The bridge was opened by a travelling
motorcade in August 1917, permitting travel between Ontario and
Minnesota. To the surprise of the civic groups, Canadian and American
highway officials attending the opening announced federal funding to
cover the bridge costs.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_61>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
451:
Flavius Aetius, with the help of Roman foederati, defeated
Attila in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, and halted the invasion
of Gaul by the Huns and their allies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Catalaunian_Plains>
1837:
Victoria succeeded to the British throne, starting a reign that
lasted for more than 63 years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria>
1921:
Workers at the Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of
Madras, India, began a four-month strike.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_Buckingham_and_Carnatic_Mills_strike>
1943:
Rioting between blacks and whites began on Belle Isle, Detroit,
Michigan, and continued for three days.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_Detroit_race_riot>
1975:
The film Jaws was released, becoming the prototypical summer
blockbuster and establishing the modern Hollywood business model.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film)>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
barcarole:
1. (music) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/barcarole>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a Judge's chamber can
believe in an unprejudiced point of view.
--Lillian Hellman
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lillian_Hellman>