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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Monday, May 31, 2010 – Daily News – 5B Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Monday, May 31, the 151st day of 2010. There are 214 days left in the year. This is the Memorial Day obser- vance. Today’s Highlight in History: DILBERT® By Scott Adams On May 31, 1985, at least 88 people were killed, more than 1,000 injured, as over 40 tornadoes swept through parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and Ontario, Canada, dur- ing an eight-hour period. On this date: In 1819, poet Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, N.Y. In 1889, more than 2,000 people perished when a dam break sent water rushing through Johnstown, Pa. In 1910, the Union of South Africa was founded. In 1911, the British liner RMS Titanic was launched from its building berth at the Port of Belfast. In 1916, during World War I, British and German fleets fought the naval Battle of Jutland off Denmark; there was no clear-cut victor, although the British suffered heavier loss- es. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1961, South Africa became an independent republic. In 1970, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Peru claimed an estimated 20,000 lives, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s website. In 1977, the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, three years in the making, was completed. In 1990, the situation comedy ‘‘Seinfeld’’ began airing as a regular series on NBC. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1994, the United States announced it was no longer aiming long-range nuclear missiles at targets in the former Soviet Union. Ten years ago: President Bill Clinton, visiting Portugal, tried to calm fears of a nuclear arms race that would leave Europe vulnerable by promising to share any new missile defense technology with U.S. allies. Bandleader Tito Puente died in New York at 77. The reality TV show ‘‘Survivor’’ first debuted on CBS (the winner of the premiere series was Richard Hatch). Five years ago: Breaking a silence of 30 years, former FBI official W. Mark Felt stepped forward as ‘‘Deep Throat,’’ the secret Washington Post source that helped bring down President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal. Pres- ident George W. Bush, faced with a string of setbacks on Capitol Hill, shrugged off questions about his political clout and promised during a news conference to keep pushing Congress for a Social Security overhaul. Oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky (mih-hah-EEL’ khoh-dohr-KAHV’-skee), once Russia’s richest man, was convicted of charges includ- ing fraud and tax evasion and sentenced to nine years in prison. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker One year ago: Dr. George Tiller, a rare provider of late- term abortions, was shot and killed in a Wichita, Kan. church. (Gunman Scott Roeder was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 50 years.) Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic, died in Southampton, England at 97. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Elaine Stewart is 81. Actor- director Clint Eastwood is 80. Singer Peter Yarrow is 72. Former Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite is 71. Singer- musician Augie Meyers is 70. Actress Sharon Gless is 67. Football Hall-of-Famer Joe Namath is 67. Actor Tom Berenger is 60. Actor Gregory Harrison is 60. Actress Roma Maffia (ma-FEE’-uh) is 52. Comedian Chris Elliott is 50. Actor Kyle Secor is 50. Actress Lea Thompson is 49. Singer Corey Hart is 48. Actor Hugh Dillon is 47. Rapper DMC is 46. Actress Brooke Shields is 45. Coun- try musician Ed Adkins (The Derailers) is 43. Jazz musi- cian Christian McBride is 38. Actor Colin Farrell is 34. Rock musician Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish) is 33. Actor Eric Christian Olsen is 33. Rock musician Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy) is 30. Actor Jonathan Tucker is 28. Actor Curtis Williams Jr. is 23. Thought for Today: ‘‘The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people.’’ — Walt Whitman (1819-1892). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP