Maryland Route 36 is a 29.43-mile (47.36 km) state highway located in Allegany County, Maryland. MD 36 runs from its southern terminus at the WV 46 bridge in Westernport to its northern terminus at U.S. Route 40 Alternate near Cumberland. Between Westernport and Frostburg, it is known as Georges Creek Road, and from Frostburg to Cumberland it is known as Mount Savage Road. Like the majority of Maryland state highways, MD 36 is maintained by the Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA). MD 36 serves as the main road through the Georges Creek Valley, a region which is historically known for coal mining, and has been designated by MDSHA as part of the Coal Heritage Scenic Byway. MD 36 is the main road connecting the towns of Westernport, Lonaconing, and Midland in southwestern Allegany County, as well as Frostburg, Mount Savage, and Corriganville in northwestern Allegany County.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1860:

Seven months after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, several prominent British scientists and philosophers participated in an evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum in Oxford, England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_Oxford_evolution_debate

1894:

London's Tower Bridge , a combined bascule and suspension bridge over the River Thames, opened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge

1905:

The scientific journal Annalen der Physik published Albert Einstein's article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the theory of special relativity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annus_Mirabilis_papers

1908:

A massive explosion occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, knocking over 80 million trees over 2,150 square kilometres (830 sq mi). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event

1934:

Adolf Hitler violently purged members of the Sturmabteilung, its leader Ernst Röhm, and other political rivals on the Night of the Long Knives, executing at least 85 people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives

2000:

Nine people were crushed underfoot and suffocated to death while watching the American band Pearl Jam play at the Roskilde Festival, Denmark. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam%23Binaural_and_the_Roskilde_tragedy%3A_2000.E2.80.932001

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

soporific (adj): Tending to induce sleep http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soporific

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I think that I am here, on this earth,

To present a report on it, but to whom I don't know. As if I were sent so that whatever takes place

Has meaning because it changes into memory. --Czesław Miłosz http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Czes%C5%82aw_Mi%C5%82osz