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4B – Daily News – Monday, August 23, 2010 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Aug. 23, the 235th day of 2010. There are 130 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 23, 1960, Broadway librettist Oscar Hammerstein (HAM’-ur-STYN’) II, 65, died in Doylestown, Pa. nine months after the opening of his final collaboration with composer Richard Rodgers, ‘‘The Sound of Music.’’ On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1305, Scottish rebel leader Sir William Wallace was exe- cuted by the English for treason. In 1754, France’s King Louis XVI was born at Versailles (vehr-SY’). In 1775, Britain’s King George III proclaimed the Amer- ican colonies in a state of ‘‘open and avowed rebellion.’’ In 1785, U.S. naval hero Oliver Hazard Perry was born in South Kingstown, R.I. In 1914, Japan declared war against Germany in World War I. In 1926, silent film star Rudolph Valentino died in New York at age 31. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1927, amid protests, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the mur- ders of two men during a 1920 robbery. In 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, in Moscow. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake In 1944, Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescu was dis- missed by King Michael, paving the way for Romania to aban- don the Axis in favor of the Allies. In 1973, a bank robbery-turned-hostage-taking began in Stock- holm, Sweden; the four hostages ended up empathizing with their captors, a psychological condition now referred to as ‘‘Stock- holm Syndrome.’’ Ten years ago: A Gulf Air Airbus crashed into the Persian Gulf near Bahrain, killing all 143 people aboard. Negotiators for Verizon (vuh-RY’-zuhn) and more than 35,000 telephone workers reached tentative agreement on a new contract, end- ing an 18-day strike. An estimated 51 million viewers tuned in for the finale of the first season of the CBS reality show ‘‘Survivor,’’ in which contestant Richard Hatch won the $1 mil- lion prize. Five years ago: President George W. Bush said he under- stood the anguish of war protester Cindy Sheehan, but said fulfilling demands like hers for withdrawal from Iraq would weaken the United States. Israeli forces evicted militant hold- outs from two Jewish settlements, completing a historic with- drawal from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank. A Peru- vian airliner crash-landed in the Amazon jungle, killing 40 of the 98 people aboard. Actor Brock Peters died in Los Ange- les at age 78. BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker One year ago: Reality TV contestant Ryan Jenkins, sus- pected in the killing of his ex-wife and former model Jasmine Fiore, was found hanging in a motel in Hope, British Colum- bia, Canada, an apparent suicide. Stefania Fernandez, Miss Venezuela, won the 2009 Miss Universe pageant in the Bahamas; she succeeded fellow Venezuelan Dayana Mendoza, the pre- vious year’s winner. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Vera Miles is 80. Political satirist Mark Russell is 78. Actress Barbara Eden is 76. Pro Football Hall of Famer Sonny Jurgensen is 76. Actor Richard Sanders is 70. Ballet dancer Patricia McBride is 68. Former Surgeon General Antonia Novello is 66. Pro Football Hall of Famer Rayfield Wright is 65. Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 63. Singer Linda Thompson is 63. Actress Shelley Long is 61. Actor-singer Rick Springfield is 61. Country singer-musician Woody Paul (Riders in the Sky) is 61. Queen Noor of Jordan is 59. Actor- producer Mark Hudson is 59. Retired All-Star baseball pitch- er Mike Boddicker is 53. Rock musician Dean DeLeo (Army of Anyone; Stone Temple Pilots) is 49. Tejano singer Emilio Navaira (nah-VY’-rah) is 48. Figure skater Nicole Bobek is 33. Rock singer Julian Casablancas (The Strokes) is 32. NBA player Kobe Bryant is 32. Thought for Today: ‘‘I know the world is filled with trou- bles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn’t write anything with- out hope in it.’’ — Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP