Issue link: https://www.epageflip.net/i/149455
Saturday, August 10, 2013 – Daily News PEANUTS® 5B By Charles Schultz Today in History The Associated Press DILBERT® GARFIELD® SHOE BLONDIE® BEETLE BAILEY® HAGAR the Horrible® ZITS FRANK & ERNEST® ALLEY OOP By Scott Adams By Jim Davis By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins By Dean Young and Stan Drake By Mort Walker By Chris Browne BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN By Bob Thaves Today is Saturday, Aug. 10, the 222nd day of 2013. There are 143 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 10, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed a measure providing $20,000 payments to still-living Japanese-Americans who'd been interned by their government during World War II. On this date: In 1680, Pueblo Indians launched a successful revolt against Spanish colonists in present-day New Mexico. In 1792, during the French Revolution, mobs in Paris attacked the Tuileries Palace, where King Louis XVI resided. (The king was later arrested, put on trial for treason, and executed.) In 1821, Missouri became the 24th state. In 1846, President James K. Polk signed a measure establishing the Smithsonian Institution. In 1874, Herbert Clark Hoover, the 31st president of the United States, was born in West Branch, Iowa. In 1913, the Treaty of Bucharest was signed, ending the Second Balkan War. In 1921, Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio at his summer home on the Canadian island of Campobello. In 1949, the National Military Establishment was renamed the Department of Defense. In 1962, the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum was dedicated in West Branch, Iowa, on the 88th birthday of the former president, who attended the ceremony along with former President Harry S. Truman. In 1969, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were murdered in their Los Angeles home by members of Charles Manson's cult, one day after actress Sharon Tate and four other people had been slain. In 1975, television personality David Frost announced he had purchased the exclusive rights to interview former President Richard Nixon. In 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Ten years ago: Liberian President Charles Taylor delivered a farewell address to a nation bloodied by 14 years of war. During a heat wave plaguing Europe, Britain topped 100 degrees Fahrenheit for the first time in recorded history. Five years ago: At the Beijing Olympics, Michael Phelps began his long march toward eight gold medals by winning the 400-meter individual medley in 4:03.84 — smashing his own world record. The U.S. women's 400-meter freestyle relay team, anchored by 41-year-old Dara Torres, took the silver behind the Netherlands. Stephanie Rice of Australia won the gold in the women's 400-meter individual medley in a world record time of 4:29.45. One year ago: A man in an Afghan army uniform shot and killed three American service members in southern Afghanistan; the Taliban claimed the shooter joined the insurgency after the attack. The Leadership Conference of Women Religious, an American nuns group rebuked by the Vatican, said it would hold talks with the Roman Catholic bishops appointed to overhaul the organization but would not "compromise its mission." Today's Birthdays: Actress Rhonda Fleming is 90. Actor-director Tom Laughlin ("Billy Jack") is 82. Singer Ronnie Spector is 70. Actor James Reynolds is 67. Rock singer-musician Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is 66. Country musician Gene Johnson (Diamond Rio) is 64. Singer Patti Austin is 63. Actor Daniel Hugh Kelly is 61. Folk singersongwriter Sam Baker is 59. Actress Rosanna Arquette is 54. Actor Antonio Banderas is 53. Rock musician Jon Farriss (INXS) is 52. Singer Julia Fordham is 51. Journalistblogger Andrew Sullivan is 50. Singer Neneh Cherry is 49. Singer Aaron Hall is 49. Boxer Riddick Bowe is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Lorraine Pearson (Five Star) is 46. Singer-producer Michael Bivins is 45. Actor-writer Justin Theroux is 42. Actress Angie Harmon is 41. Country singer Jennifer Hanson is 40. Actress JoAnna Garcia is 34. Thought for Today: "There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea." — Percy Williams Bridgeman, American scientist (1882-1961). RUBES® By Leigh Rubin