Five Things You Need to Know Today Aug. 1

1) Pool Advisory Committee meets 6:30pm Sunset Hills Aquatic Facility (in Watson Trail Park) with information on attendance, programs and more.

2) British Soccer Camps start today in Minnie Ha Ha park in Sunset Hills on Gravois Road; 9am, 10:30am, 1pm, check the city website for ages and costs.

3) Computer class adults, 2pm, Oak Bend Branch of St. Louis County Library, learn Microsoft Word and more. Free.  842 S. Holmes Ave.

4) New and beginning teachers convene noon in the Lindbergh School District to begin orientation, runs through noon Aug. 4.

5) On this day: In 1498 Christopher Columbus is first European to visit Venezuela; 1876 Colorado becomes 38th U.S. state; 1981 MTV starts by broadcasting music videos; great flood of 1993 comes to a peak; bridge over Mississippi River collapses in Minnesota during rush hour.