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4B – Daily News – Wednesday, February 23, 2011 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Feb. 23, the 54th day of 2011. There are 311 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 23, 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington to take office, following word of a possible assassination plot in Baltimore. On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1685, composer George Frideric Handel was born in Germany. nio, Texas. In 1836, the siege of the Alamo began in San Anto- In 1848, the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, died in Washington, D.C., at age 80. In 1870, Mississippi was readmitted to the Union. In 1927, President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill cre- ating the Federal Radio Commission, forerunner of the Federal Communications Commission. In 1942, the first shelling of the U.S. mainland dur- ing World War II occurred as a Japanese submarine fired on an oil refinery near Santa Barbara, Calif., causing lit- tle damage. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi. In 1954, the first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began in Pittsburgh. In 1970, Guyana became a republic within the Com- monwealth of Nations. In 1981, an attempted coup began in Spain as 200 mem- bers of the Civil Guard invaded the Parliament, taking lawmakers hostage. (However, the attempt collapsed 18 hours later.) Ten years ago: President George W. Bush opened a SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins two-day summit with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at Camp David. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered an indefinite moratorium on civilian visitors operating mil- itary equipment, a possible factor in the collision of a U.S. submarine collision with a Japanese fishing boat. Five years ago: The snow-covered roof of a Moscow market collapsed, killing 66 people. A United Arab Emi- rates company volunteered to postpone its takeover of sig- nificant operations at six major U.S. seaports, giving the White House more time to convince skeptical lawmak- ers the deal posed no increased risks from terrorism. Japan’s Shizuka Arakawa (shih-ZOO’-kuh ah-rah-KAH’-wah) stunned favorites Sasha Cohen of the United States and Irina Slutskaya (sloot-SKY’-yah) of Russia to claim the women’s figure skating gold medal at the Turin Winter Olympics. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake One year ago: The House Energy and Commerce Com- mittee, looking into cases of sudden, unintended accel- eration of Toyota automobiles, heard tearful testimony from Rhonda Smith, of Sevierville, Tenn., who said her Lexus raced out of control to speeds up to 100 miles an hour. Dutch skater Sven Kramer lost the Olympic gold medal to Lee Seung-hoon of South Korea when coach Gerard Kemkers sent him the wrong way on a changeover during the 10,000-meter speedskating race at Vancouver. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Peter Fonda is 71. Pro and BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker College Football Hall of Famer Fred Biletnikoff is 68. Author John Sandford is 67. Singer-musician Johnny Win- ter is 67. Country-rock musician Rusty Young is 65. Actress Patricia Richardson is 60. Rock musician Brad Whitford (Aerosmith) is 59. Singer Howard Jones is 56. Rock musi- cian Michael Wilton (Queensryche) is 49. Country singer Dusty Drake is 47. Actress Kristin Davis is 46. Tennis player Helena Sukova is 46. Actor Marc Price is 43. Actress Niecy Nash is 41. Rock musician Jeff Beres (Sister Hazel) is 40. Country singer Steve Holy is 39. Rock musician Lasse (loss) Johansson (The Cardigans) is 38. Actress Emily Blunt is 28. Actor Aziz Ansari is 28. Actress Dakota Fan- ning is 17. Thought for Today: ‘‘The essential conditions of every- thing you do must be choice, love, passion.’’ — Nadia Boulanger (boo-lahn-ZHAY’), French composer and teacher (1887-1979). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP