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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Saturday, June 12, 2010 – Daily News – 5B Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, June 12, the 163rd day of 2010. There are 202 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 12, 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers, 37, was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, Miss. (In 1994, Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of murder- ing Evers and sentenced to life in prison; he died in 2001.) On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1665, England installed a municipal government in New York, formerly the Dutch settlement of New Ams- terdam. In 1776, Virginia’s colonial legislature became the first to adopt a Bill of Rights. In 1898, Philippine nationalists declared independence from Spain. In 1920, the Republican national convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated Warren G. Harding for president on the tenth ballot. Calvin Coolidge was nominated for vice president. In 1929, Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was born in Frank- furt, Germany. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1939, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Muse- um was dedicated in Cooperstown, N.Y. In 1967, the Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia, struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriages. In 1979, 26-year-old cyclist Bryan Allen flew the man- powered Gossamer Albatross across the English Channel. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan, during a visit to the SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins divided German city of Berlin, publicly challenged Sovi- et leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev to ‘‘tear down this wall.’’ In 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were slashed to death outside her Los Angeles home. (O.J. Simpson was later acquitted of the killings in a criminal trial, but was eventually held liable in a civil action.) Ten years ago: The Supreme Court, in a unanimous rul- ing, said patients cannot use a federal law to sue HMOs for giving doctors a financial incentive to cut treatment costs. Five years ago: Vice President Dick Cheney, reacting to a growing chorus of calls to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, told Fox News Channel there were no plans to do so. American-educated professor and women’s rights activist Massouma al-Mubarak was named Kuwait’s first female Cabinet minister. At the LPGA Championship, Annika Sorenstam closed with a 1-over 73 for a three-shot victory over Michelle Wie, who shot a 69 to finish sec- ond. One year ago: U.S. television stations ended analog broad- BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake casts in favor of digital transmission. Congress approved legislation banning ‘‘light’’ or candy-flavored cigarettes and requiring tobacco companies to make bigger warn- ing labels and run fewer ads. The U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions on North Korea for its second nuclear test. The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 to win the Stanley Cup in Game 7. Today’s Birthdays: Banker/philanthropist David BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker Rockefeller is 95. Former President George H.W. Bush is 86. Singer Vic Damone is 82. Songwriter Richard Sher- man is 82. Actor-singer Jim Nabors is 80. Jazz musician Chick Corea is 69. Sportscaster Marv Albert is 69. Singer Roy Harper is 69. Rock singer Reg Presley (The Troggs) is 69. Pop singer Len Barry is 68. Rock singer-musician John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson) is 61. Rock musician Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) is 59. Country singer-musi- cian Junior Brown is 58. Singer-songwriter Rocky Bur- nette is 57. Actor Timothy Busfield is 53. Singer Mered- ith Brooks is 52. Actress Jenilee Harrison is 52. Rock musi- cian John Linnell (They Might Be Giants) is 51. Rapper Grandmaster Dee (Whodini) is 48. Actress Paula Marshall is 46. Actress Frances O’Connor is 43. Blues musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd is 33. Actor Wil Horneff is 31. Singer Robyn is 31. Country singer Chris Young is 25. Actor Ryan Malgarini is 18. Thought for Today: ‘‘A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambi- tion and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.’’ — Pearl Bailey, American entertainer (1918-1990). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP