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6B – Daily News – Saturday, November 27, 2010 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Nov. 27, the 331st day of 2010. There are 34 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 27, 1910, New York’s Pennsylvania Station officially opened as it became fully operational with regular through train service from the Pennsylvania Rail- road. On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1701, astronomer Anders Celsius, inventor of the Celsius temperature scale, was born in Uppsala, Swe- den. In 1901, the U.S. Army War College was established GARFIELD® By Jim Davis in Washington, D.C. In 1909, author, poet and critic James Agee was born in Knoxville, Tenn. In 1939, the play ‘‘Key Largo,’’ by Maxwell Ander- son, opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in New York. In 1942, during World War II, the French navy at Toulon (too-LOHN’) scuttled its ships and submarines to keep them out of the hands of German troops. In 1953, playwright Eugene O’Neill died in Boston at age 65. In 1970, Pope Paul VI, visiting the Philippines, was slightly wounded at the Manila airport by a dagger-wield- ing Bolivian painter disguised as a priest. In 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (mahs- KOH’-nee) and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay- rights activist, were shot to death inside City Hall by former supervisor Dan White. In 1983, 181 people were killed when a Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashed near Madrid’s Bara- jas airport. In 1989, a bomb blamed on drug traffickers SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins destroyed a Colombian Avianca Boeing 727, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. Ten years ago: A day after George W. Bush was cer- tified the winner of Florida’s presidential vote, Al Gore laid out his case for letting the courts settle the nation’s long-count election. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chre- tien’s (zhahn kreh-TYENZ’) Liberal Party won a third straight majority in the House of Commons. Five years ago: Doctors in France performed the world’s first partial face transplant on a woman disfigured by a dog bite; Isabelle Dinoire received the lips, nose and chin of a brain-dead woman in a 15-hour operation. Actress Jocelyn Brando, older sister of Marlon Brando, died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 86. Joe Jones, who sang the 1961 hit ‘‘You Talk Too Much,’’ died in Los Ange- les at age 79. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake One year ago: Tiger Woods crashed his SUV out- side his Florida mansion, sparking widespread atten- tion to reports of marital infidelity. Former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clin- ton announced daughter Chelsea’s engagement to long- time boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky. Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned from the International Space Station with a smooth touchdown. Today’s Birthdays: Actor James Avery is 62. Acad- BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker emy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (Film: ‘‘The Hurt Locker’’) is 59. TV host Bill Nye (‘‘Bill Nye, the Science Guy’’) is 55. Actor William Ficht- ner (FIHK’-nuhr) is 54. Caroline Kennedy is 53. Acad- emy Award-winning screenwriter Callie Khouri (Film: ‘‘Thelma and Louise’’) is 53. Rock musician Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) is 51. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is 50. Rock musician Charlie Benante (Anthrax) is 48. Rock musician Mike Bordin (Faith No More) is 48. Actor Fisher Stevens is 47. Actress Robin Givens is 46. Actor Michael Vartan is 42. Rapper Skoob (DAS EFX) is 40. Actor Kirk Acevedo is 39. Rapper Twista is 38. Actor Jaleel White is 34. Actress Alison Pill is 25. Thought for Today: ‘‘Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies.’’ — Francois Fenelon, French the- ologian (1651-1715). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP