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6B – Daily News – Friday, December 3, 2010 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Dec. 3, the 337th day of 2010. There are 28 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 3, 1984, thousands of people died after a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant oper- ated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India. On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1810, British forces captured Mauritius from the French, who had renamed the island nation off southeast Africa ‘‘Ile de France.’’ In 1818, Illinois was admitted as the 21st state. In 1828, Andrew Jackson was elected president of the Unit- ed States by the Electoral College. In 1833, Oberlin College in Ohio — the first truly coed- ucational school of higher learning in the United States — began holding classes. In 1910, Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Sci- ence, died in Chestnut Hill, Mass. at age 89. In 1925, George Gershwin’s Concerto in F had its world premiere at New York’s Carnegie Hall, with Gershwin at the piano. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1960, the Lerner and Loewe musical ‘‘Camelot,’’ star- ring Julie Andrews as Guenevere, Richard Burton as King Arthur and Robert Goulet as Lancelot, opened on Broadway. In 1967, surgeons in Cape Town, South Africa led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky, who lived 18 days with the new heart. The 20th Century Limited, the famed luxury train, complet- ed its final run from New York to Chicago. In 1979, 11 people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincin- nati’s Riverfront Coliseum, where the British rock group The Who was performing. In 1980, Bernadine Dohrn, a former leader of the radical SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins Weather Underground, surrendered to authorities in Chica- go after more than a decade as a fugitive. Ten years ago: Space shuttle Endeavour’s astronauts attached BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake the world’s largest, most powerful set of solar panels to the international space station. Sandra Baldwin was elected the first female president of the U.S. Olympic Committee. (Bald- win resigned in May 2002 after she admitted lying about her academic credentials.) Poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first African- American to win a Pulitzer Prize, died in Chicago at age 83. Five years ago: Economic officials from the world’s rich- est countries resumed their pressure on China to adopt a more flexible exchange rate as they concluded a meeting in Lon- don. Insurgents killed 19 Iraqi soldiers in a coordinated ambush northeast of Baghdad. Retired Navy vice admiral Frederick L. ‘‘Dick’’ Ashworth, the weaponeer aboard the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, died in Phoenix, Ariz. at age 93. BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker One year ago: President Barack Obama hosted a White House-sponsored jobs forum, where he said he’d heard many ‘‘exciting ideas’’ and proposals and expressed hope some could be put into action quickly. Pope Benedict XVI and visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed to upgrade Vat- ican-Kremlin ties to full diplomatic relations. Comcast and GE announced joint venture plans, with Comcast owning a 51 percent controlling stake in NBC Universal. British actor Richard Todd died in Little Humby, Lincolnshire, England, at age 90. Today’s Birthdays: Country singer Ferlin Husky is 85. Singer Andy Williams is 83. Movie director Jean-Luc Godard is 80. Singer Jaye P. Morgan is 79. Actor Nicolas Coster is 77. Actress Mary Alice is 69. Rock singer Ozzy Osbourne is 62. Actress Heather Menzies is 61. Rock singer Mickey Thomas is 61. Country musician Paul Gregg (Restless Heart) is 56. Actor Steven Culp is 55. Actress Daryl Hannah is 50. Actress Julianne Moore is 50. Olympic gold medal figure skater Katarina Witt is 45. Actor Brendan Fraser is 42. Singer Mon- tell Jordan is 42. Actor Royale Watkins is 41. Actor Bruno Campos is 37. Actress Holly Marie Combs is 37. Actress Lau- ren Roman is 35. Pop-rock singer Daniel Bedingfield is 31. Actress Anna Chlumsky is 30. Actor Brian Bonsall is 29. Actress Amanda Seyfried is 25. Actor Michael Angarano is 23. Thought for Today: ‘‘The well of Providence is deep. It’s the buckets we bring to it that are small.’’ — Mary Webb, Scottish religious leader (c.1881-1927). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP