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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Tuesday, July 27, 2010 – Daily News – 3B Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, July 27, the 208th day of 2010. There are 157 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 27, 1960, Vice President Richard M. Nixon was nominated for president on the first ballot at the Republican national convention in Chicago. On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1789, President George Washington signed a measure establishing the Department of Foreign Affairs, forerunner of the Department of State. In 1794, French revolutionary leader Maximilien Robe- spierre was overthrown and placed under arrest; he was exe- cuted the following day. In 1866, Cyrus W. Field finished laying out the first suc- cessful underwater telegraph cable between North America and Europe (a previous cable in 1858 burned out after only a few weeks’ use). In 1909, during the first official test of the U.S. Army’s first airplane, Orville Wright flew himself and a passenger, Lt. Frank Lahm, above Fort Myer, Va., for one hour and 12 minutes. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1919, race-related rioting erupted in Chicago; the vio- lence, which claimed the lives of 23 blacks and 15 whites, lasted until Aug. 3. In 1940, Bugs Bunny made his ‘‘official’’ debut in the Warn- er Bros. animated cartoon ‘‘A Wild Hare.’’ (There had been previous incarnations of the ‘‘wascally wabbit,’’ but this is con- sidered the first definitive example of his now-familiar per- sona.) SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1953, the Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting. In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the Kern- er Commission to assess the causes of urban rioting, the same day black militant H. Rap Brown said in Washington that vio- lence was ‘‘as American as cherry pie.’’ In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 to adopt the first of three articles of impeachment against Pres- ident Richard Nixon, charging he had personally engaged in a course of conduct designed to obstruct justice in the Water- gate case. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker In 1980, on day 267 of the Iranian hostage crisis, the deposed Shah of Iran died at a military hospital outside Cairo, Egypt, at age 60. Ten years ago: Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic (sloh- BOH’-dahn mee-LOH’-shuh-vich) called presidential, par- liamentary and local elections for the following September. (The election would result in Milosevic’s fall from power.) Five years ago: NASA said a sizable chunk of foam insu- lation came flying off the shuttle Discovery’s fuel bank dur- ing liftoff, prompting the space agency to ground future shut- tle flights until the problem could be fixed. Al-Qaida in Iraq said it had killed two kidnapped Algerian diplomats. Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian who’d plotted to bomb the Los Ange- les airport on the eve of the millennium, was sentenced to 22 years in prison by a federal judge in Seattle. One year ago: The presidents of Taiwan and China exchanged direct messages for the first time since the two sides split 60 years earlier. Today’s Birthdays: TV producer Norman Lear is 88. Rhythm- and-blues singer Harvey Fuqua (FYOO’-kwah) is 81. Actor Jerry Van Dyke is 79. Sportscaster Irv Cross is 71. Actor John Pleshette is 68. Singer Bobbie Gentry is 66. Actress-director Betty Thomas is 62. Olympic gold medal figure skater Peggy Fleming is 62. Actor Maury Chaykin is 61. Singer Maureen McGovern is 61. Actress Janet Eilber is 59. Actress Roxanne Hart is 58. Country musician Duncan Cameron is 54. Come- dian-actress-writer Carol Leifer is 54. Comedian Bill Eng- vall is 53. Jazz singer Karrin Allyson is 48. Country singer Stacy Dean Campbell is 43. Rock singer Juliana Hatfield is 43. Actor Julian McMahon is 42. Comedian Maya Rudolph is 38. Rock musician Abe Cunningham is 37. Singer-song- writer Pete Yorn is 36. MLB player Alex Rodriguez is 35. Actor Jonathan Rhys (rees) Meyers is 33. Singer Cheyenne Kimball is 20. Thought for Today: ‘‘The sentimentalist ages far more quickly than the person who loves his work and enjoys new challenges.’’ — Lillie Langtry, English actress (1853-1929). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP