Southern California, USA. It is a bypass of I-5, running along the
eastern areas of the Greater San Diego region from San Ysidro to near
Del Mar. From I-5 in San Ysidro (less than a mile north of the
Mexico–U.S. border), I-805 then traverses through the cities of Chula
Vista and National City before reentering San Diego. The freeway passes
though the San Diego neighborhoods of North Park, Mission Valley,
Clairemont, and University City before terminating at I-5 in the
Sorrento Valley neighborhood near the Del Mar city limit. Planning for
I-805 began in 1956, and the route was officially designated in 1959
before it was renumbered in the 1964 state highway renumbering.
Construction started in 1967 and it was opened in 1975. Named the Jacob
Dekema Freeway after the longtime head of the regional division of the
California Department of Transportation, I-805 has been frequently cited
for its complex engineering and architecture, including near I-8 on the
Mission Valley Viaduct. High-occupancy toll lanes are under construction
on both the northern and southern portions of the route.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_805>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1388:
During the Battle of Buyur Lake, General Lan Yu led a Chinese
army forward to crush the Mongol hordes of Toghus Temur, the Khan of
Northern Yuan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buyur_Lake>
1912:
The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, was
released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_India>
1944:
The Soviet Union forcibly deported the entire population of
Crimean Tatars as special settlers to Uzbek SSR and elsewhere in the
country.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_Tatars>
1953:
At Rogers Dry Lake, California, in her Canadair Sabre, American
Jackie Cochran became the first female pilot to break the sound barrier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Cochran>
1974:
India conducted its first nuclear test explosion at Pokhran,
the first confirmed nuclear test by a nation outside the five permanent
members of the United Nations Security Council.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiling_Buddha>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
upend:
1. (transitive) To end up; to set on end.
2. To tip or turn over.
3. To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/upend>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
 The good life is one inspired by love and guided by
knowledge.
--Bertrand Russell
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell>
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