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Interstate 70 passes through Colorado on its route between its western terminus at Cove Fort, Utah, and its eastern at Baltimore, Maryland. In western Colorado, the highway connects the metropolitan areas of Grand Junction and Denver via a route through the Rocky Mountains. Bicycles are allowed on those stretches of I-70 in the Rockies where no other through route exists. The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) lists the construction of I-70 among the engineering marvels undertaken in the Interstate Highway system. The Eisenhower Tunnel, with a maximum elevation of 11,158 feet (3,401 m) and length of 1.7 miles (2.7 km), is the longest mountain tunnel and highest point along the Interstate Highway System. The portion through Glenwood Canyon was completed on October 14, 1992, one of the final pieces of the Interstate Highway System to open to traffic, and one of the most expensive rural highways per mile built in the United States. (Full article...)

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FM213, painted as VR-A

... that FM213 (pictured) spent a decade in search and rescue and another as a gate guardian before being restored as one of only two remaining airworthy Avro Lancaster bombers?
... that the 2020 book Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start and Why They Don't Go Away by Heidi Larson addresses misinformation related to vaccination?
... that Quentin Tarantino directed a Mother's Day–themed episode of ER after being encouraged to do so by George Clooney?
... that Bob McCallister is the only golfer to win both the Pac-8 Conference and Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles in back-to-back seasons?
... that "Lasst uns Gott, dem Herrn, lobsingen", a hymn of praise, was written by Dominican Petronia Steiner in 1944 to a melody which Johann Georg Ebeling created in 1666 for a hymn by Paul Gerhardt?
... that Mary Kate Barlow was made a dame of the Holy Sepulchre in recognition of her contribution to the Eucharistic congress of 1928 held in Sydney, Australia?
... that Indian Kathakali artist Mathoor Govindan Kutty specialized in Kathakali Stri Vesham, the portrayal of female characters on stage?
... that John Oliver was sued for defamation after a man in a squirrel costume told a coal industry CEO to "eat shit" on his show?

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Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic

More than 300 girls are kidnapped from a secondary school by armed bandits in Zamfara, Nigeria.
In tennis, Naomi Osaka wins the women's singles and Novak Djokovic wins the men's singles at the Australian Open (both winners pictured).
Porfirije is enthroned as the 46th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
NASA's Perseverance rover, carrying the Ingenuity helicopter, successfully lands on Mars.

On this day

March 1: Nineteen-Day Fast begins (Baháʼí Faith, 2021); Independence Day in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992); Saint David's Day in Wales; Yap Day in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia

Warwick Armstrong

1872 – Yellowstone National Park, the first national park in the world, was established with the majority of it in the U.S. state of Wyoming.
1896 – Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
1921 – The Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong (pictured), became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years.
2014 – A group of knife-wielding terrorists attacked passengers at Kunming railway station in Kunming, China, leaving 31 victims dead and more than 140 others injured.

Samuel Werenfels (b. 1657)
Angelo Emo (d. 1792)
Kesha (b. 1987)

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Niven in Enchantment (1948)

British actor David Niven's entertainment career began in 1932, where he was an uncredited extra in There Goes the Bride. Niven went on to appear in nearly a hundred films. His film credits include critical successes such as A Matter of Life and Death (1946), The Bishop's Wife (1947), Carrington V.C. (1954), and Around the World in 80 Days (1956). Niven received two Golden Globe Awards for his performances in The Moon Is Blue (1953) and Separate Tables (1958); the latter performance also earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Niven also starred in the American television anthology series Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956), which earned him an Emmy nomination at the 7th Primetime Emmy Awards. (Full list...)

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This is a panoramic view of the interior of the Pula Arena, a Roman amphitheatre in Pula, Croatia. Constructed between 27 BC and AD 86, it is among the six largest surviving Roman arenas in the world, and is the best-preserved ancient monument in the country. The amphitheatre appears on the Croatian ten-kuna banknote.

Photograph credit: Diego Delso

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