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4B – Daily News – Thursday, July 8, 2010 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press DILBERT® By Scott Adams Today is Thursday, July 8, the 189th day of 2010. There are 176 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 8, 1950, President Harry S. Truman named Gen. Douglas MacArthur commander-in-chief of Unit- ed Nations forces in Korea. (But Truman ended up sack- ing MacArthur for insubordination nine months later, replac- ing him with Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway.) On this date: GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1663, King Charles II of England granted a Royal Charter to Rhode Island. In 1776, Col. John Nixon gave the first public read- ing of the Declaration of Independence, in Philadelphia. In 1853, an expedition led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Yedo Bay, Japan, on a mission to seek diplomatic and trade relations with the Japanese. In 1889, The Wall Street Journal was first published. In 1907, Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first ‘‘Follies,’’ on the roof of the New York Theater. In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson received a tumultuous welcome in New York City after his return from the Versailles (vehr-SY’) Peace Conference in France. In 1947, demolition work began in New York City to make way for the new permanent headquarters of the Unit- ed Nations. In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower began a visit to Canada, where he conferred with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and addressed the Canadian Parliament. In 1989, Carlos Saul Menem was inaugurated as pres- ident of Argentina in the country’s first transfer of power from one democratically elected civilian leader to anoth- er in six decades. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1994, Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s communist leader since 1948, died at age 82. Ten years ago: Venus Williams beat Lindsay Daven- port 6-3, 7-6 (3) for her first Grand Slam title, becom- ing the first black women’s champion at Wimbledon since Althea Gibson in 1957-58. The Pentagon’s missile defense project suffered its latest setback when a rocket that had taken off from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific failed to inter- cept a target missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Five years ago: Group of Eight leaders meeting in Gle- neagles, Scotland, unveiled a $50 billion package to help lift Africa from poverty and pledged new joint efforts against terrorism in response to the deadly London bombings the day before. Hurricane Dennis pounded Cuba, resulting in 16 deaths. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake One year ago: Group of Eight leaders, including Pres- ident Barack Obama, pledged to dramatically cut green- house gas emissions by 2050 as they met in L’Aquila, Italy. South Korea blamed North Korea for cyber attacks targeting its Web sites as well as those in the U.S. Today’s Birthdays: Singer Jerry Vale is 78. Singer BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker Steve Lawrence is 75. Actor Jeffrey Tambor is 66. Bal- lerina Cynthia Gregory is 64. Actress Kim Darby is 63. Children’s performer Raffi is 62. Actress Anjelica Hus- ton is 59. Writer Anna Quindlen is 58. Actor Kevin Bacon is 52. Rock musician Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode) is 49. Country singer Toby Keith is 49. Rock musician Gra- ham Jones (Haircut 100) is 49. Rock singer Joan Osborne is 48. Writer-producer Rob Burnett is 48. Actor Corey Parker is 45. Actor Billy Crudup is 42. Actor Michael Weatherly is 42. Singer Beck is 40. Country singer Drew Womack (Sons of the Desert) is 40. Christian rock musi- cian Stephen Mason (Jars of Clay) is 35. Actor Milo Ven- timiglia (MEE’-loh vehn-tih-MEEL’-yuh) is 33. Rock musi- cian Tavis Werts is 33. Singer Ben Jelen (YEL’-in) is 31. Actor Lance Gross is 29. Actress Sophia Bush is 28. Rock musician Jamie Cook (Arctic Monkeys) is 25. Actor Jake McDorman is 24. Actor Jaden Smith is 12. Thought for Today: ‘‘For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.’’ — Ralph Waldo Emer- son, American essayist, poet and philosopher (1803- 1882). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP