State Route 56 (SR 56) is an east–west state highway in the U.S. state of California. It runs 9.2 miles (14.8 km) from Interstate 5 (I-5) in the Carmel Valley neighborhood of San Diego to I-15. It is named after Ted Williams, a baseball player born in San Diego. The eastern terminus of the highway meets the western end of the Ted Williams Parkway. SR 56 serves as an important connector between I-5 and I-15, being the only east–west freeway between SR 78 in north San Diego County, several miles away, and SR 52 near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. SR 56 was added to the state highway system in 1959 as Legislative Route 278, and was renumbered SR 56 in the 1964 state highway renumbering. A plan in 1964 to connect SR 56 to the north end of SR 125 and continue east to SR 67 did not come to fruition. The eastern end from Black Mountain Road to I-15 was opened in 1993; the western end from I-5 to Carmel Creek Road was delayed until 1995 by several lawsuits. The two ends were not connected until the freeway was completed in 2004; the delay was largely due to funding issues and environmental concerns.
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1389:
France and England agreed to the Truce of Leulinghem, establishing a 13-year peace during the Hundred Years' War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truce_of_Leulinghem
1841:
Pedro II, the last Emperor of Brazil, having reigned in minority since 1831, was acclaimed, crowned and consecrated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_II_of_Brazil
1863:
American Civil War: Led by Union Army Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the first formal African American military unit, spearheaded an assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th_Massachusetts_Infantry_Regiment
1976:
At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci became the first person to score a perfect 10 in a modern Olympics gymnastics event. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Com%C4%83neci
1995:
Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was released posthumously. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreaming_of_You_(album)
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chinwag: (Britain, informal) An informal conversation, usually about everyday matters; a chat, a gossip. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chinwag
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