east to Blythe, a few miles from Arizona. Its western terminus is at
Interstate 5 in San Diego County and its eastern terminus is at
Interstate 10 in Riverside County. The route is a freeway through the
heavily populated cities of northern San Diego County and a two-lane
highway running through the Cuyamaca Mountains to Julian. In Imperial
County, it travels through the desert near the Salton Sea and passes
through the city of Brawley before turning north into an area of sand
dunes on the way to its terminus in Blythe. Portions of the route
existed as early as 1900, and it was one of the original state highways
designated in 1934. The freeway section in the North County of San Diego
that connects Oceanside and Escondido was built in the middle of the
20th century in several stages, including a transitory stage known as
the Vista Way Freeway, and has been improved several times. An
expressway bypass of the city of Brawley was completed in 2012. There
are many projects slated to improve the freeway due to increasing
congestion.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_78>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1783:
A potential uprising in Newburgh, New York, was defused when
George Washington asked Continental Army officers to support the
supremacy of Congress.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newburgh_Conspiracy>
1892:
Liverpool F.C., one of England's most successful football
clubs, was founded.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_F.C.>
1916:
Six days after Pancho Villa and his cross-border raiders
attacked Columbus, New Mexico, US General John J. Pershing led a
punitive expedition into Mexico to pursue Villa.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancho_Villa_Expedition>
1941:
Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines took
its first flight, making it the oldest commercial airline in Asia
operating under its original name.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Airlines>
2011:
Arab Spring: Protests erupted across Syria against the
authoritarian government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
injurious:
1. Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
2. Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous,
slanderous.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/injurious>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Let us accept this as a sign from the Gods, and follow where they
beckon, in vengeance on our double-dealing enemies. The die is cast.
--Julius Caesar
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar>
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