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6B – Daily News – Wednesday, June 9, 2010 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, June 9, the 160th day of 2010. There are 205 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: DILBERT® By Scott Adams On June 9, 1954, during the Senate-Army Hear- ings, Army special counsel Joseph N. Welch berat- ed Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy for his attack on Fred- erick Fisher, a junior attorney at Welch’s law firm, asking: ‘‘Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?’’ On this date: suicide. In A.D. 68, the Roman Emperor Nero committed In 1860, what’s considered the first dime novel, ‘‘Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter’’ by Ann S. Stephens, was published. In 1870, author Charles Dickens died in Gad’s Hill Place, England. In 1940, during World War II, Norway decided to surrender to the Nazis, effective at midnight. In 1953, 94 people died when a tornado struck GARFIELD® By Jim Davis Worcester (WU’-stur), Mass. In 1969, the Senate confirmed Warren Burger to be the new chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren. In 1973, Secretariat became horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner in 25 years by winning the Belmont Stakes. In 1978, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints struck down a 148-year-old poli- cy of excluding black men from the Mormon priest- hood. In 1980, comedian Richard Pryor suffered almost fatal burns at his San Fernando Valley, Calif., home while freebasing cocaine. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker In 1985, American educator Thomas Sutherland was kidnapped in Lebanon; he was released in Nov. 1991 along with fellow hostage Terry Waite. Ten years ago: The Justice Department released a report saying an 18-month investigation had found no credible evidence that conspirators aided or framed James Earl Ray in the 1968 assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Painter Jacob Lawrence died in Seattle at age 82. Sculptor George Segal died at his New Jersey home at age 75. Five years ago: President George W. Bush defend- ed the USA Patriot Act, saying it had made Ameri- ca safer and should be made permanent. Italian aid worker Clementina Cantoni was freed after having been held hostage more than three weeks in Afghanistan. One year ago: Under heavy guard, a Guantanamo Bay detainee walked into a civilian U.S. courtroom for the first time; Ahmed Ghailani, a Tanzanian accused in two American Embassy bombings in 1998, plead- ed not guilty before the judge in New York. A bank- ruptcy judge approved Chrysler’s plan to terminate 789 of its dealer franchises. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Mona Freeman is 84. Media analyst Marvin Kalb is 80. Sports commenta- tor Dick Vitale is 71. Author Letty Cottin Pogrebin is 71. Rock musician Jon Lord is 69. Mystery author Patricia Cornwell is 54. Actor Michael J. Fox is 49. Writer-producer Aaron Sorkin is 49. Actor Johnny Depp is 47. Actress Gloria Reuben is 46. Rock musician Dean Felber (Hootie & the Blowfish) is 43. Rock musi- cian Dean Dinning is 43. Musician Ed Simons is 40. Country musician Shade Deggs (Cole Deggs and the Lonesome) is 36. Bluegrass singer-musician Jamie Dai- ley (Dailey & Vincent) is 35. Actress Michaela Con- lin (TV: ‘‘Bones’’) is 32. Actress Natalie Portman is 29. Actress Mae Whitman is 22. Thought for Today: ‘‘The public! the public! How many fools does it take to make up a public?’’ — Nico- las Chamford (nee-koh-LAH’ shahm-FOHR’), French writer (1740-1794). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP