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4B – Daily News – Wednesday, January 26, 2011 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Jan. 26, the 26th day of 2011. There are 339 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 26, 1861, Louisiana passed an Ordinance of Secession, 113-17, at the state capitol in Baton Rouge, becoming the sixth state to break free from the Unit- ed States. DILBERT® By Scott Adams On this date: In 1788, the first European settlers in Australia, led by Capt. Arthur Phillip, landed in present-day Syd- ney. In 1837, Michigan became the 26th state. In 1841, Britain formally occupied Hong Kong, which the Chinese had ceded to the British. In 1870, Virginia rejoined the Union. In 1911, the Richard Strauss opera ‘‘Der Rosenkavalier’’ (The Cavalier of the Rose) premiered in Dresden, Germany. In 1942, the first American expeditionary force to go to Europe during World War II went ashore in North- ern Ireland. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1950, India officially proclaimed itself a repub- lic as Rajendra Prasad took the oath of office as pres- ident. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Dr. Janet G. Travell to be his personal physician; she was the first woman to hold the job. In 1979, former Vice President Nelson A. Rocke- feller died in New York at age 70. In 1996, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton testi- fied before a grand jury connected to the Whitewater probe. Ten years ago: Lacrosse coach Diane Whipple, 33, SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker was attacked and killed by two huge dogs belonging to neighbors outside her apartment in San Francisco. (One of the dogs’ owners, Marjorie Knoller, is serv- ing 15 years to life in prison for second-degree mur- der; her husband, Robert Noel, served just over two years for involuntary manslaughter.) A devastating earth- quake hit the Indian subcontinent, killing some 20,000 people. Joseph Kabila was sworn in as Congo’s president, following the assassination of his father, Laurent Kabila. Five years ago: Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador from Denmark to protest caricatures of the prophet Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper. (Protests spread across the Muslim world for weeks, and dozens of people were killed.) Confronted by Oprah Winfrey on her syndicated talk show, author James Frey acknowledged lies in his addiction memoir ‘‘A Mil- lion Little Pieces.’’ One year ago: Toyota suspended U.S. sales of sev- eral popular vehicle models to fix sticking accelera- tor pedals; the suspension was on top of a recall of 23 million vehicles. Louis Auchincloss, 92, a prolif- ic author of fiction and nonfiction, died in New York. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Anne Jeffreys is 88. Actress Joan Leslie is 86. Cartoonist Jules Feiffer is 82. Sportscaster-actor Bob Uecker is 76. Actor Scott Glenn is 72. Singer Jean Knight is 68. Activist Angela Davis is 67. Rock musician Corky Laing (Mountain) is 63. Actor David Strathairn (streh-THEHRN’) is 62. Alt-country singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams is 58. Rock singer-musician Eddie Van Halen is 56. Reggae musician Norman Hassan (UB40) is 53. Actress-come- dian-talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is 53. Hockey Hall-of-Famer Wayne Gretzky is 50. Musician Andrew Ridgeley is 48. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jazzie B. (Soul II Soul) is 48. Actor Paul Johansson is 47. Gospel singer Kirk Franklin is 41. Actress Jennifer Crystal is 38. Rock musician Chris Hesse (Hoobastank) is 37. Actor Gilles Marini (ZHEEL ma-REE’-nee) is 35. NBA player Vince Carter is 34. Actress Sarah Rue is 33. Country musi- cian Michael Martin (Marshall Dyllon) is 28. Thought for Today: ‘‘My experience of the world is that things left to themselves don’t get right.’’ — T.H. Huxley, English biologist and author (1825-1895). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP