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4B – Daily News – Friday, November 12, 2010 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Nov. 12, the 316th day of 2010. There are 49 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 12, 1942, the World War II naval Battle of Guadal- canal began. (The Allies ended up winning a major victory over the Japanese.) On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1815, American suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in Johnstown, N.Y. In 1908, Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun was born in Nashville, Ill. In 1927, Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Com- munist Party. In 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and sev- eral other World War II Japanese leaders were sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal. In 1970, the Bhola cyclone struck East Pakistan; it’s believed half a million people, possibly more, were killed. The Antho- ny Shaffer thriller ‘‘Sleuth’’ opened on Broadway. In 1977, the city of New Orleans elected its first black mayor, GARFIELD® By Jim Davis Ernest ‘‘Dutch’’ Morial, the winner of a runoff. In 1982, Yuri V. Andropov (ahn-DROH’-pawf) was elect- ed to succeed the late Leonid I. Brezhnev as general secre- tary of the Soviet Communist Party’s Central Committee. In 1990, Japanese Emperor Akihito formally assumed the Chrysanthemum Throne. Actress Eve Arden died in Bever- ly Hills, Calif. at age 82. In 1996, a Saudi Boeing 747 jetliner collided shortly after takeoff from New Delhi, India, with a Kazak Ilyushin-76 cargo plane, killing 349 people. In 2001, American Airlines Flight 587, en route from New SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to the Domini- can Republic, crashed after takeoff, killing 265 people. Ten years ago: On the eve of a federal court hearing on the Florida presidential election, advocates for George W. Bush and Al Gore previewed their legal strategies, with Democ- rats justifying painstaking recounts and Republicans saying the practice could result in political ‘‘mischief’’ and human error. Leah Rabin (LAY’-uh rah-BEEN’), an outspoken cam- paigner for Mideast peace following the 1995 assassination of her husband, former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (YIT’-sahk rah-BEEN’), died at age 72. Five years ago: A U.S.-backed summit in Bahrain meant to promote political freedom and economic change in the Mid- dle East ended without agreement, a blow to President George W. Bush’s goals for the troubled region. Jordan acknowledged for the first time that al-Qaida in Iraq had used three foreign suicide bombers to attack Amman hotels three days earlier, killing 60 victims. One year ago: Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the Fort Hood, Texas massacre. James R. Lilley, a longtime CIA operative and later the U.S. ambassador to China, died in Wash- ington, D.C. at age 81. Today’s Birthdays: Rhythm-and-blues singer Ruby Nash Curtis (Ruby and the Romantics) is 71. Actor-playwright Wallace Shawn is 67. Singer Brian Hyland is 67. Rhythm- and-blues singer Jimmy Hayes (Persuasions) is 67. Rock musi- cian Booker T. Jones (Booker T. & the MGs) is 66. Sports- caster Al Michaels is 66. Singer-songwriter Neil Young is 65. Rock musician Donald ‘‘Buck Dharma’’ Roeser (Blue Oys- ter Cult) is 63. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) is 61. Country/gospel singer Barbara Fairchild is 60. Actress Megan Mullally is 52. Actor Vincent Irizarry (TV: ‘‘All My Children’’) is 51. Olympic gold medal gymnast Nadia Comaneci (koh-muh-NEECH’) is 49. Actor Sam Lloyd is 47. Rock musician David Ellef- son is 46. Former MLB player Sammy Sosa is 42. Figure skater Tonya Harding is 40. Actress Radha Mitchell is 37. Actress Lourdes Benedicto is 36. Actress Tamala Jones is 36. Actress Angela Watson is 36. Singer Tevin Campbell is 34. Actress Ashley Williams is 32. Actress Cote de Pablo (TV: ‘‘NCIS’’) is 31. Actor Ryan Gosling is 30. Contemporary Christian musi- cian Chris Huffman is 30. Thought for Today: ‘‘It’s all right to have a train of thoughts, if you have a terminal.’’ — Richard R. Bowker, American publisher (1848-1933). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP