AirTrain JFK is an 8.1-mile-long (13 km) elevated people mover system and rail link serving John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Its three lines and ten stations, operated by the Canadian firm Bombardier Transportation, connect the airport's six terminals with the New York City Subway in Howard Beach, Queens, and with the Long Island Rail Road and subway in Jamaica, Queens. In-depth planning for a dedicated transport system at JFK began in 1990, and construction commenced in 1998. The system opened in December 2003 after multiple delays. Since then, several improvements have been proposed for AirTrain JFK, including an extension to Manhattan. The system was originally projected to carry 4 million annual paying passengers and 8.4 million annual inter-terminal passengers, but the AirTrain has consistently exceeded these projections; in 2017, it had approximately 7.66 million paying passengers and 12.6 million inter-terminal passengers.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1862:

American Civil War: In the world's first battle between two ironclad warships, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fought to a draw near the mouth of Hampton Roads in Virginia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads

1932:

Éamon de Valera, one of the dominant political figures in 20th-century Ireland, became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera

1944:

World War II: As part of the Battle of Narva, the Soviet Air Forces heavily bombed Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tallinn_in_World_War_II

2010:

The first legal U.S. same-sex marriages south of the Mason–Dixon line took place in Washington, D.C. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_District_of_Columbia

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

ply: 1. (transitive, obsolete) To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit. 2. (intransitive) To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.). […] 3. (transitive) To work at (something) diligently. 4. (transitive) To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously. 5. (transitive) To press upon; to urge persistently. 6. (transitive) To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion. 7. (transitive, transport) To travel over (a route) regularly. 8. (intransitive, obsolete) To work diligently. 9. (intransitive, nautical, obsolete) To manoeuvre a sailing vessel so that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to work to windward, to beat, to tack. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ply

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I have nothing to prove to you.   --Captain Marvel https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Captain_Marvel_%28film%29