TODAY is Monday, June 26, the 177th day of 2006. There are 188 days left in the year.ON THIS DATE:<$>

In 1900, a commission that included Dr. Walter Reed began the fight against the deadly disease yellow fever.

In 1917, the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force arrived in France during World War I.

In 1945, the charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.THOUGHT FOR TODAY: “There are two insults which no human will endure: the assertion that he hasn’t a sense of humour, and the doubly impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble.” — Sinclair Lewis, American author (1885-1951).