Today is Saturday, July 19, the 201st day of 2008. There are 165 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On July 19, 1848, a pioneer women’s rights convention convened in Seneca Falls, N.Y.

On this date:

n In 1969, Apollo 11 and its astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins, went into orbit around the moon.

n In 1989, 111 people were killed when a United Air Lines DC-10 crashed while making an emergency landing at Sioux City, Iowa; 185 other people survived.

Today’s Birthdays: Former Sen. George McGovern is 86. Actor Pat Hingle is 84. Actress Helen Gallagher is 82. Country singer Sue Thompson is 82. Country singer George Hamilton IV is 71. Singer Vikki Carr is 67. Country singer-musician Commander Cody is 64. Rock singer-musician Alan Gorrie (Average White Band) is 62. Actress Rachel Miner is 28. Actor Jared Padalecki is 26. Actor Steven Anthony Lawrence is 18.



Thought for Today: “I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people’s accomplishments; the front page nothing but man’s failure.”—Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States (1891-1974).