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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Saturday, January 15, 2011 – Daily News – 3B Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 2011. There are 350 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 15, 1961, a U.S. Air Force radar tower off the DILBERT® By Scott Adams New Jersey coast collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean dur- ing a severe storm, killing all 28 men aboard. (The struc- ture was known as ‘‘Texas Tower 4’’ because of its resem- blance to an oil platform.) On this date: In 1559, England’s Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey. In 1777, the people of New Connecticut declared their independence. (The tiny republic later became the state of Vermont.) GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1844, the University of Notre Dame received its char- ter from the state of Indiana. In 1929, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta. In 1943, work was completed on the Pentagon, head- quarters of the U.S. Department of War (now Defense). In 1947, the mutilated remains of 22-year-old Eliza- beth Short, who came to be known as the ‘‘Black Dahlia,’’ were found in a vacant Los Angeles lot; her slaying remains unsolved. In 1967, the Green Bay Packers of the National Foot- ball League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the Amer- ican Football League 35-10 in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, retroactively known as Super Bowl I. In 1971, the recently completed Aswan High Dam in SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins Egypt was dedicated during a ceremony attended by Pres- ident Anwar Sadat and Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny. In 1981, the police drama series ‘‘Hill Street Blues’’ premiered on NBC. In 2009, US Airways Capt. Chesley ‘‘Sully’’ Sullen- berger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River after a flock of birds disabled both the plane’s engines; all 155 people aboard survived. Ten years ago: President-elect George W. Bush BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake marked the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday at an elementary school in Houston, where he promised black Americans: ‘‘My job will be to listen not only to the successful, but also to the suffering.’’ Wikipedia, a web-based encyclo- pedia, made its debut. Five years ago: After a seven-year journey, a NASA space capsule, Stardust, returned safely to Earth with the first dust ever fetched from a comet. Michelle Bachelet (bah-cheh-LET’) was elected Chile’s first woman pres- ident. Kuwait’s longtime ruler, Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah, died; he was succeeded by the crown prince, Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah. BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker One year ago: United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes appealed for more than $560 million to help three million victims of the earthquake in Haiti, calling it ‘‘a huge and a horrifying catastrophe.’’ Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas pleaded guilty to carrying a pistol with- out a license in the District of Columbia, a felony. (Are- nas was sentenced to a month in a halfway house and sus- pended until the end of the season by the NBA.) Today’s Birthdays: Actress Margaret O’Brien is 74. Actress Andrea Martin is 64. Actor-director Mario Van Peebles is 54. Actor James Nesbitt is 46. Singer Lisa Lisa (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam) is 44. Actor Chad Lowe is 43. Alt-country singer Will Oldham (aka ‘‘Bonnie Prince Billy’’) is 41. Actress Regina King is 40. Actor Eddie Cahill is 33. Rapper/reggaeton artist Pitbull is 30. Thought for Today: ‘‘I refuse to accept the idea that the ’is-ness’ of man’s present nature makes him moral- ly incapable of reaching up for the ’ought-ness’ that for- ever confronts him.’’ — Martin Luther King Jr. (1929- 1968). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP