King's Highway 420 is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of
Ontario that connects the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) with downtown
Niagara Falls. The roadway continues east as the limited-access
expressway Niagara Regional Road 420, which was transferred to the
jurisdiction of the Regional Municipality of Niagara in 1998; it
connects with the Rainbow Bridge at the border with the United States
over the Niagara River. King's Highway 420 has a speed limit of 80
kilometres per hour (50 mph), making it the only 400-series highway to
have a speed limit less than 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) for its
entirety. Originally constructed as a divided four-lane road with two
traffic circles, the route of Highway 420 formed part of the QEW
between 1941 and 1972. It was assigned a unique route number during its
reconstruction as a freeway and the construction of the large
interchange at its western terminus at Montrose Road.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_420>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1657:
Anglo-Spanish War: An English fleet sank much of a Spanish
treasure fleet at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands but was
unable to capture the treasure.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife_%281657%29>
1828:
French explorer René Caillié became the first European to
enter Timbuktu and return safely, for which he received a 10,000-franc
prize from the Société de géographie.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Cailli%C3%A9>
1939:
Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday was celebrated as a national
holiday in Nazi Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_50th_birthday>
1999:
Students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold embarked on a massacre,
killing 13 people and wounding over 20 others before committing suicide
at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
nauplius:
(zoology) A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs
(corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye,
and little or no segmentation of the body.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nauplius>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Autumn to winter, winter into spring, Spring into summer, summer
into fall, — So rolls the changing year, and so we change; Motion so
swift, we know not that we move.
--Dinah Craik
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dinah_Craik>