Issue link: https://www.epageflip.net/i/12404
6B – Daily News – Wednesday, June 23, 2010 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, June 23, the 174th day of 2010. There are 191 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 23, 1960, the Food and Drug Administration for- mally approved Enovid as the first oral contraceptive for sale in the U.S. On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1860, a congressional resolution authorized creation of the United States Government Printing Office, which opened the following year. deaux. In 1910, French playwright Jean Anouilh was born in Bor- In 1931, aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on a round-the-world flight that lasted eight days and 15 hours. In 1938, the Civil Aeronautics Authority was established. In 1947, the Senate joined the House in overriding Pres- ident Harry S. Truman’s veto of the Taft-Hartley Act, designed to limit the power of organized labor. In 1956, Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson and Soviet Pre- mier Alexei Kosygin (ah-LEK’-say koh-SEE’-gihn) held the first of two meetings at Glassboro State College in New Jer- sey. In 1969, Warren E. Burger was sworn in as chief justice of the United States by the man he was succeeding, Earl War- ren. In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman discussed a plan to use the CIA to obstruct the FBI’s Watergate investigation. (Revelation of the tape recording of this conversation sparked Nixon’s res- ignation in 1974.) SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker In 1985, all 329 people aboard an Air India Boeing 747 were killed when the plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland, after a bomb widely believed to have been plant- ed by Sikh separatists exploded on board. Ten years ago: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, dur- ing a visit to South Korea, said American troops would remain in the country indefinitely to maintain strategic stability in the Pacific area. Five years ago: The White House defended presidential adviser Karl Rove against Democratic demands he apologize or quit for saying ‘‘liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and under- standing for our attackers.’’ Former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the 1964 Mississippi slayings of three civil rights workers. The San Anto- nio Spurs won a thrilling Game 7 over Detroit Pistons, 81- 74, to claim the NBA championship. Veteran journalist Shana Alexander died in Hermosa Beach, Calif. at age 79. One year ago: Hardening the U.S. reaction to Iran’s dis- puted elections and bloody aftermath, President Barack Obama condemned the violence against protesters and lent his strongest support yet to their accusations the hardline victory was a fraud. ‘‘Tonight Show’’ sidekick Ed McMahon died in Los Angeles at 86. Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who’d diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from a South Pole station, died in Southwick, Mass. at 57. Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille and Brian Leetch were elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Today’s Birthdays: Singer Diana Trask is 70. Musical conductor James Levine (luh-VYN’) is 67. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rosetta Hightower (The Orlons) is 66. Actor Ted Shack- elford is 64. Actor Bryan Brown is 63. Supreme Court Jus- tice Clarence Thomas is 62. ‘‘American Idol’’ judge Randy Jackson is 54. Actress Frances McDormand is 53. Rock musi- cian Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) is 48. Actor Paul La Greca is 48. Rhythm-and-blues singer Chico DeBarge is 40. Actress Selma Blair is 38. Rock singer KT Tunstall is 35. Rhythm- and-blues singer Virgo Williams (Ghostowns DJs) is 35. Singer- songwriter Jason Mraz is 33. Rock singer Duffy is 26. Coun- try singer Katie Armiger is 19. Thought for Today: ‘‘To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing.’’ — Dorothy Thompson, American journalist (1894-1961). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP