Today is Thursday, July 19, the 200th day of 2018. There are 165 days left in the year.
Todays Highlight in History:
On July 19, 1980, the Moscow Summer Olympics began, minus dozens of nations that were boycotting the games because of the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.
On this date:
In 1848, a pioneering womens rights convention convened in Seneca Falls, New York.
In 1969, Apollo 11 and its astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, went into orbit around the moon. In 1979, the Nicaraguan capital of Managua fell to Sandinista guerrillas, two days after President Anastasio Somoza fled the country.
Five years ago: In a rare and public reflection on race, President Barack Obama called on the nation to do some soul searching over the death of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of his shooter, George Zimmerman, saying the slain black teenager could have been me 35 years ago.
One year ago: Sen. John Mc-Cains office said the 80-year-old Arizona Republican and former presidential nominee had been diagnosed with a brain tumor, glioblastoma.
