New York State Route 28N (NY 28N) is an east–west state highway in the North Country of New York in the United States. It extends for 50.95 miles (82.00 km) through the Adirondack Mountains from Blue Mountain Lake to North Creek. The route is a northerly alternate route to NY 28 between both locations and passes through several communities that NY 28 bypasses. The westernmost 10 miles (16 km) of NY 28N overlap with NY 30 through the town of Long Lake. The rest of NY 28N is designated as the Roosevelt–Marcy Trail, a scenic byway marking the path taken in 1901 by U.S. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt from Mount Marcy to reach North Creek after he learned that President William McKinley had been assassinated. The route has a rather scant history before its designations. It originated as a highway from Warren County to Long Lake. It was used for transportation in the iron ore industry in Newcomb, and for the lumber industry in Minerva. The state gained control of the road in 1909. The NY 28N designation was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, incorporating part of the former NY 10.
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835:
In the Sweet Dew Incident, Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty conspired to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot was foiled. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Dew_Incident
1819:
Alabama was admitted as the 22nd U.S. state, after the statehood of present-day Northern Alabama was delayed for several years by the lack of a coastline until Mobile was captured from Spain during the War of 1812. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama
1911:
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole (pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%27s_South_Pole_expedition
1963:
The dam holding the Baldwin Hills Reservoir in Los Angeles failed, releasing a flood that destroyed 277 homes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Hills_Reservoir
1999:
Torrential rains caused flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vargas_tragedy
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instar: 1. Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity: the hopper was placed in a box in its first instar. 2. An arthropod at a specified one of these stages: first and second instars of this species are more susceptible to H. bacteriophora than later instars. 3. A stage in development: "photographs of the landlady’s children in all their instars" (Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/instar
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