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4B – Daily News – Tuesday, June 8, 2010 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press DILBERT® By Scott Adams Today is Tuesday, June 8, the 159th day of 2010. There are 206 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War, 34 U.S. ser- vicemen were killed when Israeli fighter jets and torpe- do boats attacked the USS Liberty, a Navy intelligence- gathering ship stationed in the Mediterranean. (Israel later said the Liberty had been mistaken for an Egyptian ves- sel.) On this date: GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In A.D. 632, the prophet Muhammad died in Medina. In 1845, Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the Unit- ed States, died in Nashville, Tenn. In 1861, Tennessee seceded from the Union. In 1864, Abraham Lincoln was nominated for anoth- er term as president during the National Union (Repub- lican) Party’s convention in Baltimore. In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt offered to act as a mediator in the Russo-Japanese War. In 1915, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagreement with President Woodrow Wil- son over U.S. handling of the sinking of the Lusitania. In 1948, the ‘‘Texaco Star Theater’’ made its debut on NBC-TV with Milton Berle guest-hosting the first pro- gram. (Berle was later named the show’s permanent host.) In 1966, a merger was announced between the Nation- al and American Football Leagues, to take effect in 1970. In 1978, a jury in Clark County, Nev., ruled the so-called ‘‘Mormon will,’’ purportedly written by the late billion- aire Howard Hughes, was a forgery. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker In 1995, U.S. Marines rescued Capt. Scott O’Grady, whose F-16C fighter jet had been shot down by Bosnian Serbs on June 2. Ten years ago: Two gunmen shot to death Brig. Stephen Saunders, a British defense attache, in Athens, Greece; the elusive terrorist group November 17 claimed respon- sibility, saying it killed Saunders because of his role in NATO airstrikes against Yugoslavia. Pulitzer Prize-win- ning cartoonist Jeff MacNally died in Baltimore at age 52. Five years ago: The Senate confirmed California judge Janice Rogers Brown for the federal appeals court, end- ing a two-year battle. Former Boston Bruins star Cam Neely, the late Valeri Kharlamov and Murray Costello were named to the Hockey Hall of Fame. One year ago: North Korea’s highest court sentenced American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years’ hard labor for trespassing and ‘‘hostile acts.’’ (The women were pardoned in early August 2009 after a trip to Pyongyang by former President Bill Clinton.) Omar Bongo, 73, the world’s longest-serving president who’d ruled Gabon for 42 years, died at a Spanish hospital. Today’s Birthdays: Former First Lady Barbara Bush is 85. Actor-comedian Jerry Stiller is 83. Comedian Joan Rivers is 77. Actress Millicent Martin is 76. Actor James Darren is 74. Actor Bernie Casey is 71. Singer Nancy Sina- tra is 70. Singer Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) is 68. Musician Boz Scaggs is 66. Actor Don Grady is 66. Rock musician Mick Box (Uriah Heep) is 63. Author Sara Paret- sky is 63. Actress Sonia Braga is 60. Actress Kathy Baker is 60. Country musician Tony Rice is 59. Actor Griffin Dunne is 55. ‘‘Dilbert’’ creator Scott Adams is 53. Actor- director Keenen Ivory Wayans is 52. Singer Mick Huck- nall (Simply Red) is 50. Musician Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) is 48. Rhythm-and-blues singer Doris Pearson (Five Star) is 44. Actress Julianna Margulies is 43. Actor Dan Futterman is 43. Actor David Sutcliffe is 41. Rhythm-and- blues singer Nicci Gilbert is 40. Actress Kelli Williams is 40. Actor Mark Feuerstein is 39. Contemporary Chris- tian musician Mike Scheuchzer (MercyMe) is 35. Rap- per Kanye (KAHN’-yay) West is 33. Blues-rock musician Derek Trucks (The Derek Trucks Band) is 31. Folk-blue- grass singer-musician Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek) is 29. Thought for Today: ‘‘Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.’’ — Seneca, Roman statesman (circa 5 B.C.-A.D. 65). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP