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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Saturday, January 8, 2011 – Daily News – 3B Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2011. There are 357 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 8, 1811, Charles Deslondes (some sources say DILBERT® By Scott Adams ‘‘Deslandes’’) led an uprising by hundreds of slaves in the Territory of Orleans in present-day Louisiana. (The revolt, which claimed the lives of two whites, failed on its third day, and Deslondes and many of his followers were killed by fed- eral and local troops.) On this date: In 1798, the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution GARFIELD® By Jim Davis was declared in effect by President John Adams nearly three years after its ratification by the states; it prohibited a citi- zen of one state from suing another state in federal court. In 1815, U.S. forces led by Gen. Andrew Jackson defeat- ed the British in the Battle of New Orleans — the closing engagement of the War of 1812. In 1861, President James Buchanan’s pro-Southern Sec- retary of the Interior, Jacob Thompson, resigned. In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson outlined his ‘‘Four- teen Points’’ for lasting peace after World War I. Mississippi became the first state to ratify the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which established Prohibition. In 1935, rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Miss. In 1959, Charles de Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France’s Fifth Republic. In Cuba, Fidel Castro and his army arrived in Havana in triumph following the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a ‘‘War on Poverty’’ in his State of the Union address. In 1973, the Paris peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam resumed. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1989, 47 people were killed when a British Midland Boeing 737-400 carrying 126 people crashed in central Eng- land. In 2003, a US Airways Express commuter plane crashed at the Charlotte, N.C., airport, killing all 21 people on board. A Turkish Airlines jet crashed in Turkey, killing 75 people. Ten years ago: Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined a quarter of a million dollars for extorting payoffs from businessmen apply- ing for riverboat casino licenses. Pope John Paul II was award- ed the Congressional Gold Medal. Five years ago: The first funerals were held in West Vir- ginia for the 12 miners who’d died in the Sago Mine dis- aster six days earlier. One year ago: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas, appeared in federal court in Detroit; the judge entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf. Vice President Joe Biden’s mother, Jean Biden, died in Wilmington, Del., at age 92. Today’s Birthdays: Actor-comedian Larry Storch is 88. Actor Ron Moody is 87. Broadcast journalist Sander Vanocur is 83. CBS newsman Charles Osgood is 78. Singer Shirley Bassey is 74. Game show host Bob Eubanks is 73. Coun- try-gospel singer Cristy Lane is 71. Rhythm-and-blues singer Anthony Gourdine (Little Anthony and the Imperials) is 70. Actress Yvette Mimieux is 69. Physicist Stephen Hawking is 69. Rock musician Robby Krieger (The Doors) is 65. Rock singer David Bowie is 64. Movie director John McTiernan is 60. Actress Harriet Sansom Harris is 56. Singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith is 47. Actress Maria Pitillo (pih-TIHL’-loh) is 46. Actress Michelle Forbes is 46. Singer R. Kelly is 44. Rock musician Jeff Abercrombie (Fuel) is 42. Actress Ami Dolenz is 42. Reggae singer Sean Paul is 38. Country singer Tift Merritt is 36. Actress-rock singer Jenny Lewis is 35. Actress Amber Benson is 34. Actor Scott Whyte is 33. Singer- songwriter Erin McCarley is 32. Actress Sarah Polley is 32. Actor Windell D. Middlebrooks is 32. Actress Rachel Nichols is 31. Actress Gaby Hoffman is 29. Rock musician Disas- hi Lumumbo-Kasongo (Gym Class Heroes) is 28. Thought for Today: ‘‘Contempt for happiness is usu- ally contempt for other people’s happiness, and is an ele- gant disguise for hatred of the human race.’’ — Bertrand Russell, English philosopher and mathematician (1872-1970). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP