King's Highway 420 is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that connects the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) with downtown Niagara Falls. The roadway continues east as the limited-access expressway Niagara Regional Road 420, which was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Regional Municipality of Niagara in 1998; it connects with the Rainbow Bridge at the border with the United States over the Niagara River. King's Highway 420 has a speed limit of 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph), making it the only 400-series highway to have a speed limit less than 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) for its entirety. Originally constructed as a divided four-lane road with two traffic circles, the route of Highway 420 formed part of the QEW between 1941 and 1972. It was assigned a unique route number during its reconstruction as a freeway and the construction of the large interchange at its western terminus at Montrose Road.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_420

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1657:

Anglo-Spanish War: An English fleet sank much of a Spanish treasure fleet at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands but was unable to capture the treasure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife_%281657%29

1828:

French explorer René Caillié became the first European to enter Timbuktu and return safely, for which he received a 10,000-franc prize from the Société de géographie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Cailli%C3%A9

1939:

Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday was celebrated as a national holiday in Nazi Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_50th_birthday

1999:

Students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold embarked on a massacre, killing 13 people and wounding over 20 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

nauplius: (zoology) A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nauplius

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Autumn to winter, winter into spring, Spring into summer, summer into fall, — So rolls the changing year, and so we change; Motion so swift, we know not that we move.   --Dinah Craik https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dinah_Craik