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2B Daily News – Friday, August 16, 2013 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By 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 Friday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2013. There are 137 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42. On this date: In 1777, American forces won the Revolutionary War Battle of Bennington. In 1812, Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the War of 1812. In 1858, a telegraphed message from Britain's Queen Victoria to President James Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable. In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued Proclamation 86, which prohibited the states of the Union from engaging in commercial trade with states in rebellion — i.e., the Confederacy. In 1913, future Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin was born in Brest in present-day Belarus. In 1937, the American Federation of Radio Artists was chartered. In 1948, baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York at age 53. In 1954, Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc. In 1956, Adlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president at the Democratic national convention in Chicago. In 1962, The Beatles fired their original drummer, Pete Best, replacing him with Ringo Starr. In 1987, 156 people were killed when Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed while trying to take off from Detroit; the sole survivor was 4-year-old Cecelia Cichan (SHEE'-an). People worldwide began a two-day celebration of the ''harmonic convergence,'' which heralded what believers called the start of a new, purer age of humankind. In 1993, New York police rescued business executive Harvey Weinstein from a covered 14-foot-deep pit, where he'd been held nearly two weeks for ransom. Actor Stewart Granger died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 80. Ten years ago: The Midwest and Northeast were almost fully recovered from the worst power outage in U.S. history. A car driven by U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow ran a stop sign on a rural road in South Dakota and collided with motorcyclist Randy Scott, who died. Idi Amin, the former dictator of Uganda, died in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia; he was believed to have been about 80. Five years ago: At the Beijing Olympics, Michael Phelps touched the wall a hundredth of a second ahead of Serbia's Milorad Cavic (MEE'-loh-rahd KAH'-vihch) to win the 100-meter butterfly, giving Phelps his seventh gold medal of the Games, tying Mark Spitz's performance in the 1972 Munich Games. Usain (yoo-SAYN') Bolt of Jamaica ran the 100-meter dash in a stunning world-record time of 9.69 seconds. One year ago: Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney declared he had paid at least 13 percent of his income in federal taxes every year for the previous decade; President Barack Obama's campaign shot back in doubt: ''Prove it.'' Today's Birthdays: Actress Ann Blyth is 85. Sportscaster Frank Gifford is 83. Actor Gary Clarke is 80. Actress Julie Newmar is 80. Actor John Standing is 79. College Football Hall of Famer and NFL player Bill Glass is 78. Actress Anita Gillette is 77. Actress Carole Shelley is 74. Country singer Billy Joe Shaver is 74. Movie director Bruce Beresford is 73. Actor Bob Balaban is 68. Ballerina Suzanne Farrell is 68. Rock singer-musician Joey Spampinato is 63. TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 60. Movie director James Cameron is 59. Rock musician Tim Farriss (INXS) is 56. Singer Madonna is 55. Actress Angela Bassett is 55. Actor Steve Carell is 51. Former tennis player Jimmy Arias is 49. Country singer Emily Robison (The Dixie Chicks) is 41. Singer Vanessa Carlton is 33. Actress Rumer Willis is 25. Thought for Today: ''In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.'' — Cyril Northcote Parkinson, British historian and author. RUBES® By Leigh Rubin