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The first session of the Anniston City Council inquiry into harassment charges amongst its own members will convene today. The Star's Chris Pittman will be live blogging the proceedings on our website. Watch our Twitter feed for news about the start time and agenda, which we will post as that information becomes available. Read more from the Star's Anniston City writer, Laura Camper: http://www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/8780900/article-Anniston-inquiry-to-move-forward---but-to-where-?

Sports spotlight Sporting events taking place today

Only 46 more days until the Sept. 4 start of the 2010 college football season.

Thought for today “Courage without conscience is a wild beast.”

Today is Tuesday, July 20, the 201st day of 2010. There are 164 days left in the year.

Today in history The Star's Bill Edwards takes a look back at this date in history. 1810 Bogota, the capital of Nueva Granada (present-day Colombia), declared independence from Spanish rule.

1861 The Congress of the Confederate States began holding sessions in Richmond, Va.

1944 An attempt by a group of German officials to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a bomb failed as the explosion at Hitler’s Rastenburg headquarters only wounded the Nazi leader.

1954 The Geneva Accords divided Vietnam into northern and southern entities.

1969 Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after landing their lunar module.

1976 America’s Viking 1 robot spacecraft made a successful, first-ever landing on Mars.

July 20, 1935, in The Star: There will be no services at First Methodist Church tomorrow morning because the pastor, Dr. W. G. Henry, is absent due to being on vacation. The church sanctuary is therefore being redecorated at this time. Also this date: A regular wire-service column of celebrity and cosmopolitan news, called “In New York,” makes reference to Burgess Meredith as “easily the most outstanding of Broadway’s young dramatic stars.” [Some 30 years later, of course, he would portray The Penguin on the Batman TV series.]

July 20, 1985, in The Star: An interview with Maudie M. Smith of Munford produces a sweet story as the 81-year-old talks about her 60 years (1921-’81) teaching Sunday school at Oak Grove Baptist Church. “Aunt Maude,” as she’s called, said the main difference between teaching Sunday school way back then and now is the disposition of the children. “I don’t know if they was better raised or what. They were real humble. If you would scold them, they’d cry,” she said.

Monday’s Birthdays: Actress-singer Sally Ann Howes is 80. Rockabilly singer Sleepy LaBeef is 75. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) is 74. Actress Diana Rigg is 72. Rock musician John Lodge (The Moody Blues) is 67. Country singer T.G. Sheppard is 66. Singer Kim Carnes is 65. Rock musician Carlos Santana is 63. Rock musician Paul Cook (The Sex Pistols, Man Raze) is 54. Actress Donna Dixon is 53. Rock musician Mick McNeil (Simple Minds) is 52. Country singer Radney Foster is 51. Actor Frank Whaley is 47. Rock singer Chris Cornell is 46. Rock musician Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) is 44. Actor Reed Diamond is 43. Actor Josh Holloway (“Lost”) is 41. Singer Vitamin C is 41. Actor Simon Rex is 36. Actress Judy Greer is 35. Actor Charlie Korsmo is 32. Singer Elliott Yamin (yah-MEEN’) (American Idol) is 32. Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is 30. Rock musician Mike Kennerty (The All-American Rejects) is 30. Actor Percy Daggs III is 28. Actor John Francis Daley is 25. Country singer-ballroom dancer Julianne Hough is 22. Actress Billi Bruno is 14.