highways, including those designated as Interstate, United States, or
State Trunkline highways. Maintained by the Michigan Department of
Transportation, the system comprises 9,716 miles (15,636 km) of
trunklines in all 83 counties of the state. Its components range in
scale from 10-lane urban freeways to two-lane rural undivided highways
to a non-motorized highway on Mackinac Island, where cars are forbidden.
The longest highway is nearly 400 miles (640 km) long, while the
shortest is about three-quarters of a mile (about 1.2 km). A
constitutional prohibition on state involvement in roads was removed in
the early 20th century and on May 13, 1913, the State Reward Trunk Line
Highways Act was passed, creating the system. Highway numbers were first
posted on signs in 1919, making Michigan the second state to do so.
Michigan's first freeways were built during the 1940s. Construction on
Michigan's Interstates started in the late 1950s and continued until
1992. Few additional freeways have been built since 1992, and in the
early years of the 21st century, projects are underway to bypass cities
with new highways.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_State_Trunkline_Highway_System>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1888:
Princess Isabel of the Empire of Brazil signed the Lei Áurea
into law, formally abolishing slavery in Brazil.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Brazil>
1909:
The first Giro d'Italia long distance road bicycle racing stage
race began in Italy, with Italian professional road racing cyclist Luigi
Ganna becoming the eventual winner.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giro_d%27Italia>
1917:
Ten-year-old Lúcia Santos and her cousins Francisco and
Jacinta Marto reportedly began experiencing a Marian apparition near
Fátima, Portugal, now known as Our Lady of Fátima.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima>
1958:
Australian Ben Carlin became the only person to circumnavigate
the world in an amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 80,000
kilometres (50,000 mi) by land and sea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Carlin>
1992:
Li Hongzhi introduced Falun Gong in a public lecture in
Changchun, Jilin province, China.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Hongzhi>
2005:
Uzbek Interior Ministry and National Security Service troops
fired into a crowd of protesters in Andijan, Uzbekistan, killing
anywhere from 187, the official count of the government, to a reported
5,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andijan_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
mama bear:
(slang) A woman, especially a mother, who is extremely protective of a
child or children.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mama_bear>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Things pass, but the essence remains. You sit, therefore, in the
midst of a dream. Essence dreams it a dream of form. Forms pass, but the
essence remains, dreaming new dreams. Man names these dreams and thinks
to have captured the essence, not knowing that he invokes the unreal.
These stones, these walls, these bodies you see seated about you are
poppies and water and the sun. They are the dreams of the Nameless. in
--Lord of Light
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lord_of_Light>
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