Today in HistoryToday is Thursday, July 5, the 186th day of 2007. There are 179 days left in the year.

ON THIS DATE

In 1811, Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” — Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862).