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4B – Daily News – Tuesday, August 3, 2010 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Aug. 3, the 215th day of 2010. There are 150 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that took him to the present-day Americas. DILBERT® By Scott Adams On this date: In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr went on trial before a federal court in Richmond, Va., charged with trea- son. (He was acquitted less than a month later.) In 1914, Germany declared war on France at the onset of World War I. In 1923, Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th pres- ident of the United States following the death of Warren G. Harding. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1943, Gen. George S. Patton slapped a private at an army hospital in Sicily, accusing him of cowardice. (Patton was later ordered by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to apol- ogize for this and a second, similar episode.) In 1949, the National Basketball Association was formed as a merger of the Basketball Association of Amer- ica and the National Basketball League. In 1958, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater. In 1960, the African country of Niger (nee-ZHEHR’) achieved full independence from French rule. In 1980, closing ceremonies were held in Moscow for the Summer Olympic Games, which had been boycotted by dozens of countries, including the United States. In 1981, U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike, despite a warning from President Ronald Reagan they would be fired, which they were. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker In 1994, Arkansas carried out the nation’s first triple exe- cution in 32 years. Stephen G. Breyer was sworn in as the Supreme Court’s newest justice in a private ceremony at Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist’s Vermont summer home. Ten years ago: George W. Bush accepted the Republi- can presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Philadel- phia, presenting himself as an outsider who would return ‘‘civility and respect’’ to Washington politics. Five years ago: Fourteen Marines from a Reserve unit in Ohio were killed in a roadside bombing in Iraq. Space- walking astronaut Stephen Robinson removed two worri- some pieces of filler material from the shuttle Discovery’s belly in an unprecedented space repair job. One year ago: Iran’s supreme leader formally endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE’-neh-zhahd) for a second term as president. A court in Los Angeles appoint- ed Michael Jackson’s mother, Katherine, permanent guardian of the late pop star’s children. Today’s Birthdays: Author P.D. James is 90. Broadway composer Richard Adler is 89. Singer Gordon Stoker (The Jordanaires) is 86. Football Hall-of-Fame coach Marv Levy is 85. Singer Tony Bennett is 84. Sen. Roland W. Burris (D- Ill.) is 73. Actor Martin Sheen is 70. College and Pro Fooot- ball Hall of Famer Lance Alworth is 70. Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is 69. Singer Beverly Lee (The Shirelles) is 69. Rock musician B.B. Dickerson is 61. Movie director John Lan- dis is 60. Actress JoMarie Payton is 60. Actor Jay North (‘‘Den- nis the Menace’’) is 59. Hockey Hall-of-Famer Marcel Dionne is 59. Country musician Randy Scruggs is 57. Actor John C. McGinley is 51. Rock singer-musician Lee Rocker (The Stray Cats) is 49. Actress Lisa Ann Walter is 49. Rock singer James Hetfield (Metallica) is 47. Rock singer-musician Ed Roland (Collective Soul) is 47. Actor Isaiah Washington is 47. Country musician Dean Sams (Lonestar) is 44. Rock musician Stephen Carpenter (Deftones) is 40. Hip-hop artist Spinderella (Salt-N-Pepa) is 39. Actress Brigid Brannagh is 38. Country musician Jimmy De Martini (Zac Brown Band) is 34. NFL quarterback Tom Brady is 33. Actress Evange- line (ee-VAN’-gel-een) Lilly (TV: ‘‘Lost’’) is 31. Country singer Whitney Duncan is 26. Actor Jon Foster is 26. Singer Holly Arnstein (Dream) is 25. Pop-rock musician Brent Kut- zle (OneRepublic) is 25. Thought for Today: ‘‘It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.’’ — Henry James, American author (1843-1916). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP