TODAY is Wednesday, July 19, the 200th day of 2006. There are 165 days left in the year.

ON THIS DATE:In 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his “V for Victory” campaign in Europe.

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

In 1980, the Moscow Summer Olympics began, minus dozens of nations that were boycotting the games because of the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.THOUGHT FOR TODAY: <$>

“No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.” — Carrie Chapman Catt, American feminist (1859-1947).