Business US Highway 41 was a state trunkline highway and business loop off US 41/M-28 in Marquette, Michigan, along Washington and Front streets. Serving the downtown area, the two streets originated with the founding of the city in the mid-19th century. The original city hall was built in 1895 on Washington Street. In 1910 the city started paving its streets, replacing wooden planks with asphalt; later that decade, Washington and Front streets were included in the state highway system. In 1926 they were included in the United States Numbered Highway System. When US 41/M-28 was moved to bypass the downtown in 1963, Washington and Front streets were redesignated as a business loop. The highway was also co-designated Business M-28 on state maps between 1975 and 1981, mirroring a similar business loop designation in the neighboring cities of Ishpeming and Negaunee. Jurisdiction over the two streets was transferred to the city as part of a highway swap that resulted in the decommissioning of the trunkline in 2005.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1780:

One of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes on record struck the Caribbean Sea, killing at least 22,000 people over the next several days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hurricane_of_1780

1897:

German chemist Felix Hoffman discovered an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) (pills pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aspirin

1933:

In the first proven act of air sabotage in the history of commercial aviation, a United Airlines Boeing 247 exploded in mid-air near Chesterton, Indiana, US, killing all seven people aboard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_United_Airlines_Boeing_247_mid-air_explosion

1967:

The Outer Space Treaty, a treaty that forms the basis of international space law, entered into force. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty

1982:

Maximilian Kolbe, who had volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland, was canonized by the Catholic Church. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_Kolbe

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

yonic: In the shape of a vulva or a vagina; in the shape of a yoni. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yonic

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up. That he has to leave the nest, the security, and go out to do battle. He has to lose everything that is lovely and fight for a new loveliness of his own making, and it's a tragedy. A lot of people don't have the courage to do it.   --Helen Hayes https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Helen_Hayes