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4B – Daily News – Wednesday, July 21, 2010 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today’s Highlight in History: On July 21, 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed an exec- utive order establishing the Veterans Administration (later the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs). On this date: In 1861, the first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Man- assas, Va., resulting in a Confederate victory. In 1925, the so-called ‘‘Monkey Trial’’ ended in Dayton, DILBERT® By Scott Adams Tenn., with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. (The conviction was later overturned on a technicality.) In 1944, American forces landed on Guam during World War II. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1949, the U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty. In 1959, the NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered mer- chant ship, was christened by first lady Mamie Eisenhower at Camden, N.J. In 1960, Sirimavo Bandaranaike (see-ree-MAH’-voh bahn- dah-rah-NY’-kah) became the world’s first female prime min- ister as she was sworn in to head the government of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). In 1961, Capt. Virgil ‘‘Gus’’ Grissom became the second American to rocket into a sub-orbital pattern around the Earth, flying aboard the Liberty Bell 7. In 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin ‘‘Buzz’’ Aldrin blasted off from the moon aboard the ascent stage of the lunar module for docking with the command mod- ule. In 1980, draft registration began in the United States for 19- and 20-year-old men. In 1994, Britain’s Labor Party elected Tony Blair its new leader, succeeding the late John Smith. Ten years ago: Special Counsel John C. Danforth concluded SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins ‘‘with 100 percent certainty’’ that the federal government was innocent of wrongdoing in the siege that killed 80 members of the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, in 1993. Group of Eight leaders met for an economic summit on the Japanese island of Okinawa, where President Bill Clinton also sought to soothe long-simmering tensions over the huge Amer- ican military presence. Five years ago: The House voted to extend the USA Patri- BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker ot Act. Two weeks after the deadly London terror bombings, small explosions struck the Underground and a bus, but no deaths resulted. Two Algerian diplomats and their driver were abducted in Baghdad; al-Qaida later announced it had killed the diplomats. Sudanese security officers roughed up mem- bers of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s entourage; Rice demanded and got an apology. One year ago: The Senate voted to terminate further pro- duction of the Air Force’s topline F-22 fighter jets. Prosecu- tors in Cambridge, Mass. dropped a disorderly conduct charge against prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who was arrested by a white officer at his home near Harvard Uni- versity after a report of a break-in. John ‘‘Marmaduke’’ Daw- son, a longtime Grateful Dead collaborator and co-founder of New Riders of the Purple Sage, died in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico at 64. Today’s Birthdays: Singer Kay Starr is 88. Movie direc- tor Norman Jewison is 84. Former Attorney General Janet Reno is 72. Actress Patricia Elliott is 68. Actor David Down- ing is 67. Actor Edward Herrmann is 67. Actor Leigh Law- son is 65. Actor Wendell Burton is 63. Actor Art Hindle is 62. Singer Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) is 62. Cartoonist Garry Trudeau is 62. Comedian-actor Robin Williams is 59. Actor Jamey Sheridan is 59. Rock singer-musician Eric Bazil- ian (The Hooters) is 57. Comedian Jon Lovitz is 53. Actor Lance Guest is 50. Actor Matt Mulhern is 50. Comedian Greg Behrendt is 47. Rock musician Koen Lieckens (K’s Choice) is 44. Rock singer Emerson Hart is 41. Country singer Paul Brandt is 38. Actress Ali Landry is 37. Actor Justin Bartha is 32. Actor Josh Hartnett is 32. Contemporary Christian singer Brandon Heath is 32. Reggae singer Damian Marley is 32. Country singer Brad Mates (Emerson Drive) is 32. MLB pitch- er CC Sabathia is 30. Actress Sprague Grayden is 30. Thought for Today: ‘‘There is no bigotry like that of ’free thought’ run to seed.’’ — Horace Greeley, American journalist (1811-1872). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP