TODAY IN HISTORYToday is Monday, July 3, the 184th day of 2006. There are 181 days left in the year.ON THIS DATE<$>In 1608, the city of Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain.

In 1898, the US Navy defeated a Spanish fleet in the harbor at Santiago, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War.

In 1962, Algeria became independent after 132 years of French rule.

In 1976, Israel launched its daring mission to rescue about 100 passengers and Air France crew members being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers.

In 1988, the USS Vincennes shot down an Iran Air jetliner over the Persian Gulf, killing 290 people.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

“The passionate belief in the superior worthwhileness of our children. It is stored up in us as a great battery charged by the accumulated instincts of uncounted generations.” — Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist (1887-1948).