Five Things You Need to Know Today July 18

1) Petite Poms class ages 3-5 at 9-10 a.m. first meeting.

2) U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan speaking 10:30 a.m. at Affton Senior Center, 9801 Mackenzie, 63123. Carnahan's Congressional district was/will be eliminated after the 2010 U.S. Census showed a drop in population from the city over the past 10 years.

3) St. Louis County gives the low down on what, where and why at Lindbergh High School 7 p.m. They've said they want residents' input.

4) Bookies discussion group meets 2pm at Oak Bend Branch Library of St. Louis County to discuss The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. Open to all.

5) On this day: 1955 Disneyland officially opens to public; 1969 Chappaquiddick and MA Sen. Ted Kennedy are forever linked in the public mind when he drives off a bridge after partying and his female passenger dies; 1968 Intel founded in CA; 1925 Hitler publishes his manifesto Mein Kampf, detailing a world view that turned into WWII.