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4B – Daily News – Monday, January 17, 2011 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2011. There are 348 days left in the year. This is the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 17, 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower deliv- DILBERT® By Scott Adams ered his farewell address, in which he warned, ‘‘We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The poten- tial for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.’’ On this date: In 1562, French Protestants were recognized under the Edict of St. Germain. In 1893, the 19th president of the United States, Ruther- ford B. Hayes, died in Fremont, Ohio, at age 70. Hawaii’s monarchy was overthrown as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Lili’uokalani (lee-LEE’-oo-oh-kah-LAH’- nee) to abdicate. In 1917, the United States paid Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands. In 1945, Soviet and Polish forces liberated Warsaw dur- GARFIELD® By Jim Davis ing World War II; Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, cred- ited with saving tens of thousands of Jews, disappeared in Hun- gary while in Soviet custody. In 1950, the Great Brink’s Robbery took place as seven masked men held up a Brink’s garage in Boston, stealing $1.2 million in cash and $1.5 million in checks and money orders. (Although the entire 11-member gang was later caught, only part of the loot was recovered.) In 1971, the Baltimore Colts defeated the Dallas Cowboys 16-13 in Super Bowl V, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami. In 1977, convicted murderer Gary Gilmore, 36, was shot SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins by a firing squad at Utah State Prison in the first U.S. exe- cution in a decade. In 1989, five children were shot to death at the Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, Calif., by a drifter, Patrick Purdy, who then killed himself. In 1994, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Southern Cal- ifornia, killing at least 72 people. In 1995, more than 6,000 people were killed when an earth- quake with a magnitude of 7.2 devastated the city of Kobe (koh-bay), Japan. Ten years ago: Faced with an electricity crisis, California used rolling blackouts to cut off power to hundreds of thou- sands of people; Gov. Gray Davis signed an emergency order authorizing the state to buy power. Five years ago: The U.S. Supreme Court protected Ore- BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake gon’s assisted-suicide law, ruling that doctors there who helped terminally ill patients die could not be arrested under feder- al drug laws. Hostage American reporter Jill Carroll appeared in a silent 20-second video aired by Al-Jazeera television, which said her abductors had given the United States 72 hours to free female prisoners in Iraq or she would be killed. One year ago: President Barack Obama appeared at a rally in Boston for Democratic senatorial candidate Martha Coak- ley, who was running in a special election. (Coakley ended up losing to Republican Scott Brown.) Today’s Birthdays: Actress Betty White is 89. Former BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach is 89. Former FCC chairman Newton N. Minow is 85. Hairdresser Vidal Sassoon is 83. Actor James Earl Jones is 80. Talk show host Maury Povich is 72. International Boxing Hall of Famer Muham- mad Ali is 69. Pop singer Chris Montez is 69. Rhythm-and- blues singer William Hart (The Delfonics) is 66. Rock musi- cian Mick Taylor is 63. Rhythm-and-blues singer Sheila Hutchin- son (The Emotions) is 58. Singer Steve Earle is 56. Singer Paul Young is 55. Actor-comedian Steve Harvey is 54. Singer Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles) is 52. Actor-comedian Jim Car- rey is 49. First Lady Michelle Obama is 47. Actor Joshua Mali- na is 45. Singer Shabba Ranks is 45. Rock musician Jon Wysoc- ki (Staind) is 43. Actor Naveen Andrews is 42. Rapper Kid Rock is 40. Actor Freddy Rodriguez is 36. Actress Zooey Deschanel is 31. Singer Ray J is 30. Country singer Aman- da Wilkinson is 29. Thought for Today: ‘‘If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the military.’’ — Presi- dent Harry S. Truman (1884-1972). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP