Apollo 11 Wild Card — 7.16.09

Today is Thursday, July 16, the 197th day of 2009. There are 168 days left in the year. On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong , Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins , blasted off from Cape Kennedy , Fla., on the first manned mission to the surface of the moon . Actor-comedian Will Ferrell is 42. Thought for Today: “What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that man set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth.” — Norman Cousins , American author and journalist (1915-1990). In the news this afternoon: A Southern California teen becomes the youngest person to sail solo around the world here . And the Apollo 11 Wild Card is in play …