King's Highway 416 is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of
Ontario that connects the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 417) in Ottawa
with Highway 401 between Brockville and Cornwall. The 76.4-kilometre-
long (47.5 mi) freeway is part of an important trade corridor between
New York and Eastern Ontario. It passes through a largely rural area,
except near its northern terminus where it enters the suburbs of Ottawa
(approach to Ottawa pictured). It had two distinct construction phases.
Highway 416 "North" was a 21-kilometre (13 mi) freeway starting from
an interchange at Highway 417 and bypassing the original route of
Highway 16 into Ottawa along a new right-of-way. Highway 416 "South"
was the twinning of 57 kilometres (35 mi) of Highway 16 New—a two-
lane expressway bypassing the original highway that was constructed
throughout the 1970s and finished in 1983—and the construction of a
new interchange with Highway 401. Sections of both opened throughout
the late 1990s. Highway 416 was commemorated as the Veterans Memorial
Highway on the 54th anniversary of D-Day in 1998. The final link was
officially opened by a World War I veteran and local officials on
September 23, 1999.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_416>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1400:
The Trần Dynasty of Vietnam was deposed after 175 years of
rule by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A7n_Dynasty>
1862:
American Civil War: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson
suffered his only defeat during the war in the First Battle of Kernstown
in Frederick County, Virginia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Kernstown>
1905:
About 1,500 Cretans, led by Eleftherios Venizelos (pictured),
met at the village of Theriso to call for the island's unification with
Greece, beginning the Theriso revolt.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theriso_revolt>
1978:
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon was dispatched to
confirm Israeli withdrawal after its invasion nine days earlier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Force_in_Lebanon>
1989:
Two researchers announced the discovery of cold fusion, a claim
which was later discredited.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_fusion>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
escapade:
A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against
convention.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/escapade>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
 Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be
faithful to others.
--Erich Fromm
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Erich_Fromm>