New York State Route 319 was a state highway in Chenango County, New
York, in the United States. It was 5.47 miles (8.80 km) long and
connected the hamlet of Preston to the nearby city of Norwich. What
became NY 319 was originally built during the early 19th century as the
privately owned Norwich and Preston Turnpike. The state of New York
assumed ownership in the early 20th century, and the Preston–Norwich
state highway was designated as NY 319 as part of the 1930 renumbering
of state highways in New York. Maintenance of NY 319 was split between
the state and the city of Norwich, with the New York State Department of
Transportation handling the part of the route west of the city limits.
In 1962, the New York State Legislature approved a highway maintenance
swap that would transfer the state-maintained section of NY 319 to
Chenango County when a new alignment was constructed for NY 23 through
the northwestern part of the county. The project was completed in July
1984, at which time the NY 319 designation was completely removed and
Chenango County assumed maintenance of the route's former alignment west
of Norwich. The new county road was redesignated County Route 10A.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_319>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1888:
During a bout of mental illness, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh
stalked his friend French painter Paul Gauguin with a razor, and then
afterwards cut off the lower part of his own left ear and gave it to a
prostitute.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh>
1957:
Ian Craig of Australia became the youngest Test cricket captain
in history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Craig>
1958:
The Tokyo Tower (pictured), the tallest self-supporting steel
structure in the world at 332.5 metres (1,091 ft), opened.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Tower>
1972:
In one of the most famous plays in the history of American
football, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris made the
Immaculate Reception of a pass by quarterback Terry Bradshaw near the
end of a playoff game.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Reception>
1990:
About eighty-eight percent of the population in Slovenia voted
to secede from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Slovenia>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
relict:
1. Something which, or someone who, survives or remains after the loss of
others (compare relic).
2. (archaic) The surviving member of a married couple; a widow or widower.
3. (biology, ecology) A species, organism or ecosystem which was once
widespread but which is now found only in a few areas: some think the
Loch Ness monster is a relict from the age of dinosaurs.
4. (geology) A structure or other feature which has survived from a
previous age: dark rims are a relict of a primary interaction between
basalt and seawater.
5. (linguistics) A word or language which survives as an archaicism.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/relict>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking
at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side.
--Samuel Smiles
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_Smiles>