M-28 is an east–west state trunkline highway that almost completely traverses the Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan, from Wakefield to near Sault Ste. Marie. M-28 is the longest state trunkline with the "M-" prefix at 290 miles (467 km). Three sections of the highway are part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour, and two sections carry memorial highway designations. M-28 passes through forested woodlands, bog swamps, and urbanized areas. Sections of roadway cross the Ottawa National Forest and both sections of the Hiawatha National Forest. Other landmarks accessible from the highway include the Seney National Wildlife Refuge and several historic bridges. M-28 dates to the 1919 formation of the state's trunkline system, though the original highway was much shorter. It was expanded eastward to the Sault Ste. Marie area in the late 1920s. (Full article...)

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 Engraving of Canova's
 statue of Washington

• ... that the North Carolina State House and Canova's George Washington (engraving shown) were both destroyed by an "awful conflagration" that began while the building was being fireproofed?
• ... that the opening of the Submarine Telegraph Company's first oceanic telegraph cable was marked by remotely firing a cannon in Calais from a telegraph station in Dover?
• ... that, influenced by the Harlem Renaissance, Los Angeles teacher Dorothy Vena Johnson wrote poems such as "Epitaph for a Bigot" and "Post War Ballad"?
• ... that although Mulatschak has been called the card game of the state of Salzburg, its rules were almost certainly unpublished before 2004?
• ... that Australian actor Nick Russell quit his law career to concentrate solely on acting?
• ... that New York City's Grand Central Terminal was built after a deadly crash between two trains in the Park Avenue Tunnel in 1902?
• ... that Genia Kühmeier appeared as Mozart's Pamina at the Vienna State Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, and recorded the soprano solo in Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem with Nikolaus Harnoncourt?
• ... that changes in Earth's orbit around the Sun over 10,000 years ago led to the disappearance of the Sahara desert?

Karl Lagerfeld

• German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld (pictured), best known for his creative work at Chanel, dies at the age of 85.
• A suicide bombing attack near Pulwama, in Indian-administered Kashmir, kills 40 security personnel.
• NASA concludes the 15-year Opportunity Mars rover mission after being unable to wake the rover from hibernation.
• The Republic of Macedonia changes its name to the Republic of North Macedonia as the Prespa agreement takes effect, ending a 27-year naming dispute with Greece.

February 22

Robert II of Scotland

• 1371 – Robert II (pictured) became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stuart.
• 1744 – War of the Austrian Succession: British ships began attacking the Spanish rear of a Franco-Spanish combined fleet in the Mediterranean Sea off the French coast near Toulon.
• 1899 – Philippine–American War: Filipino forces launched their first counterattack in a failed attempt to recapture Manila from the Americans.
• 1959 – Lee Petty won the first Daytona 500 NASCAR auto race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
• 2012 – A train failed to apply its brakes and crashed through a buffer stop at Once Station in Buenos Aires, resulting in 51 deaths and more than 700 injuries.

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