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4B – Daily News – Wednesday, September 29, 2010 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History DILBERT® By Scott Adams Today is Wednesday, September 29, the 272nd day of 2010. There are 93 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1567 - Second War of Religion begins in France between Huguenots and King Charles IX. 1650 - France's Parliament imposes peace on Bordeaux, which virtually ends second Fronde revolt. 1789 - The U.S. War Department establishes a regu- lar army with a strength of several hundred men. 1829 - London's reorganized police force, which becomes known as Scotland Yard, goes on duty. 1875 - Rebellion in Cuba leads to deterioration of U.S.- Spanish relations. 1911 - Italy declares war on Turkey, eventually con- quering Libya. 1918 - Allied forces score decisive breakthrough of German Hindenburg line in France. 1923 - Britain begins ruling Palestine under a League of Nations mandate. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis 1943 - U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice during World War II aboard the British ship Nelson off Malta. 1963 - The second session of Second Vatican Coun- cil opens in Rome. 1965 - Soviet Union admits it is supplying arms to North Vietnam. 1967 - International Monetary Fund's 106 members, meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, approve major reform of world monetary system. 1972 - China and Japan normalize relations. 1976 - Syrian troops in Lebanon drive out Palestin- ian guerrillas from most of their key mountain positions east of Beirut. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins 1978 - Pope John Paul I is found dead in his Vatican apartment just over a month after becoming head of the Roman Catholic Church. 1982 - Seven people in the Chicago area die after unwit- tingly taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. 1988 - The space shuttle Discovery blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, marking America's return to manned space flight following the Challenger disaster. 1990 - The United States meets with Vietnam in the first high-level meeting between the two nations since the Vietnam War. It is a sign of the improved relationship between the countries, which had not maintained diplomatic rela- tions since the war. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake 1991 - Explosion rocks Georgia's broadcasting cen- ter that is held by opponents of the republic's President Zviad Gamsakhurdia. 1992 - Brazilian lawmakers impeach President Fernando Collor de Mello. BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker 1993 - U.S. President Bill Clinton announces plans to liberalize existing restrictions on exports of a wide range of computers and other high-technology equipment. An estimated $35 billion worth of exports will be affected. 1994 - Prodded by the United States, NATO allies agree to intensify retaliatory air strikes in Bosnia. 1995 - Khaled Kelkal, an Algerian wanted as the main suspect for a string of terror bombings in Paris, is killed in a shootout with police in eastern France. 1996 - Bosnia's first postwar elections are watched by international groups that certify victories by nationalist parties and the new president, Alija Izetbegovic. 1997 - Turkey carries out air raids against Kurdish rebels inside northern Iraq. The bombings are part of a contin- uing Turkish operation against guerrillas, who seek to estab- lish Kurdish self-rule in southeastern Turkey. Today's Birthdays: Jacopo Tintoretto, Italian artist (1518- 1594); Robert Clive, English soldier-statesman (1725-1774); Horatio Nelson, British admiral (1758-1805); Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist (1901-1954); Enver Pasa, Turkish sol- dier (1881-1922); Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress (1931- -); Lech Walesa, Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize winner (1943--). Thought For Today: Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in our own sunshine — Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and poet (1803-1882). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP