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PEANUTS® Wednesday, October 13, 2010 – Daily News – 5B By Charles Schultz Today in History The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2010. There are 79 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 13, 1960, the Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees in Game 7, 10-9, with a home run hit by Bill Mazeroski. On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In A.D. 54, Roman Emperor Claudius I died, poisoned appar- ently at the behest of his wife, Agrippina (ag-rih-PEE'-nuh). In 1775, the United States Navy had its origins as the Con- tinental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet. In 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid during a ceremony in the District of Columbia. In 1843, the Jewish organization B'nai B'rith (buh-NAY' brith) was founded in New York City. In 1858, the sixth debate between senatorial candidates Abra- ham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place in Quicy, Ill. In 1943, Italy declared war on Germany, its one-time Axis partner. In 1944, American troops entered Aachen, Germany, dur- GARFIELD® By Jim Davis ing World War II. In 1960, Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy partic- ipated in the third televised debate of their presidential cam- paign. (Nixon was in Los Angeles; Kennedy was in New York.) In 1962, Edward Albee's play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opened on Broadway. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1990, Le Duc Tho (lee duhk toh), co-founder of the Viet- namese Communist Party, died in Hanoi a day before his 79th birthday. Ten years ago: South Korean President Kim Dae-jung was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Longtime Ameri- can communist Gus Hall died in New York at age 90. Five years ago: British playwright Harold Pinter won the 2005 Nobel Prize in literature. Scores of Islamic militants launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings in Nalchik, a city in Russia's turbulent Caucasus region, leav- ing 139 people dead, including 94 militants. One year ago: The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker to extend the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti for a year. Singer Al Martino, who'd played crooner Johnny Fontane in "The Godfather" and "The Godfather: Part III," died in Spring- field, Pa. at age 82. Movie producer Daniel Melnick ("Straw Dogs," ''Network," ''Midnight Express") died in Los Ange- les at age 77. Today's Birthdays: Former British Prime Minister Mar- garet Thatcher is 85. Playwright Frank D. Gilroy is 85. Gospel singer Shirley Caesar is 72. Actress Melinda Dillon is 71. Singer- musician Paul Simon is 69. Actress Pamela Tiffin is 68. Musi- cian Robert Lamm (Chicago) is 66. Country singer Lacy J. Dalton is 64. Actor Demond Wilson is 64. Singer-musician Sammy Hagar is 63. Actor John Lone is 58. Model Beverly Johnson is 58. Producer-writer Chris Carter is 54. Actor Reg- gie Theus (THEE'-us) is 53. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) is 52. Singer Marie Osmond is 51. Rock singer Joey Belladonna is 50. NBA coach Doc Rivers is 49. Actress T'Keyah Crys- tal Keymah (tuh-KEE'-ah KRYS'-tal kee-MAH') is 48. Col- lege and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice is 48. Actress Kelly Preston is 48. Country singer John Wiggins is 48. Actor Christopher Judge is 46. Actress Kate Walsh is 43. Rhythm- and-blues musician Jeff Allen (Mint Condition) is 42. Actress Tisha Campbell-Martin is 42. Classical singer Carlos Marin (Il Divo) is 42. Olympic silver-medal figure skater Nancy Ker- rigan is 41. Country singer Rhett Akins is 41. TV personal- ity Billy Bush is 39. Actor Sacha Baron Cohen is 39. Rock musician Jan Van Sichem Junior (K's Choice) is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singers Brian and Brandon Casey (Jagged Edge) are 35. Actress Kiele Sanchez is 34. NBA All-Star Paul Pierce is 33. Singer Ashanti (ah-SHAHN'-tee) is 30. Christ- ian rock singer Jon Micah Sumrall (Kutless) is 30. Olympic gold medal swimmer Ian Thorpe is 28. Thought for Today: "Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money in that order; it is a process, a never end- ing one." — Bel Kaufman, American author and educator. HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP