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4B – Daily News – Thursday, July 29, 2010 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, July 29, the 210th day of 2010. There are 155 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 29, 1981, Britain’s Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Lon- don. (However, the couple divorced in 1996.) On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1030, the patron saint of Norway, King Olaf II, was killed in battle. In 1588, the English attacked the Spanish Arma- da in the Battle of Gravelines, resulting in an Eng- lish victory. In 1890, artist Vincent van Gogh, 37, died of a self- inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers-sur-Oise, France. In 1914, transcontinental telephone service began with the first test phone conversation between New York and San Francisco. In 1948, Britain’s King George VI opened the Olympic Games in London. In 1957, the International Atomic Energy Agency GARFIELD® By Jim Davis was established. Jack Paar made his debut as host of NBC’s ‘‘Tonight Show.’’ In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating NASA. In 1967, an accidental rocket launch aboard the super- carrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin resulted in a fire and explosions that killed 134 servicemen. In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford became the first U.S. president to visit the site of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland as he paid tribute to the victims. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1985, the space shuttle Challenger began an eight- day mission that got off to a shaky start — the space- craft achieved a safe orbit even though one of its main engines shut down prematurely after lift-off. Ten years ago: Yasser Arafat set off on a multi-coun- try tour to drum up support for the Palestinians in the Middle East peace process. Five years ago: The U.N. Security Council unan- imously adopted a U.S.-sponsored resolution expand- ing U.N. sanctions against al-Qaida terrorists and Afghanistan’s former Taliban rulers to affiliates and splinter groups. Cabaret singer Hildegarde, whose career spanned almost seven decades, died in New York at age 99. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake One year ago: Microsoft and Yahoo! announced a 10-year Internet search partnership, taking on the over- whelming dominance of Google in the online adver- tising market. Today’s Birthdays: Comedian ‘‘Professor’’ Irwin BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker Corey is 96. Actor Robert Horton is 86. Former Sen. Nancy Kassebaum-Baker is 78. Actor Robert Fuller is 76. Former Sen. Elizabeth H. Dole is 74. Actor David Warner is 69. Rock musician Neal Doughty (REO Speed- wagon) is 64. Marilyn Tucker Quayle, wife of for- mer Vice President Dan Quayle, is 61. Actor Mike Starr is 60. Documentary maker Ken Burns is 57. Style guru Tim Gunn (TV: ‘‘Project Runway’’) is 57. Rock singer-musician Geddy Lee (Rush) is 57. Rock singer Patti Scialfa (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) is 57. Actress Alexandra Paul is 47. Country singer Martina McBride is 44. Rock musician Chris Gorman is 43. Actor Rodney Allen Rippy is 42. Actor Tim Omundson is 41. Actor Wil Wheaton is 38. Rhythm- and-blues singer Wanya Morris (Boyz II Men) is 37. Country singer-songwriter James Otto is 37. Actor Stephen Dorff is 37. Actor Josh Radnor is 36. Hip- hop DJ/music producer Danger Mouse is 33. Actress Rachel Miner is 30. Actress Allison Mack is 28. Actor Matt Prokop is 20. Thought for Today: ‘‘Charity looks at the need and not at the cause.’’ — German proverb. HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP