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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Tuesday, May 3, 2011 – Daily News – 5B Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, May 3, the 123rd day of 2011. There are 242 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 3, 1911, Wisconsin Gov. Francis E. McGov- ern signed the first U.S. workers’ compensation law to with- stand constitutional scrutiny. (Previous attempts in Mary- land, Massachusetts, Montana and New York were struck down.) DILBERT® By Scott Adams On this date: In 1791, Poland adopted a national constitution. In 1802, Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city. In 1916, Irish nationalist Padraic Pearse and two oth- ers were executed by the British for their roles in the East- er Rising. In 1933, Nellie T. Ross became the first female direc- tor of the U.S. Mint. In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that covenants pro- hibiting the sale of real estate to blacks or members of other racial groups were legally unenforceable. In 1960, the Harvey Schmidt-Tom Jones musical ‘‘The GARFIELD® By Jim Davis Fantasticks’’ began a nearly 42-year run at New York’s Sullivan Street Playhouse. In 1971, the National Public Radio program ‘‘All Things Considered’’ made its debut. In 1979, Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatch- er was chosen to become Britain’s first female prime min- ister as the Tories ousted the incumbent Labor government in parliamentary elections. In 1986, in NASA’s first post-Challenger launch, an unmanned Delta rocket lost power in its main engine short- ly after liftoff, forcing safety officers to destroy it by remote control. In 1991, author Jerzy Kosinski was found dead in his SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins New York City apartment; he was 57. Ten years ago: The United States lost its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947. An estimated 36.4 million people tuned in to watch Tennessee nurse Tina Wes- son win ‘‘Survivor: The Australian Outback’’ on CBS. Five years ago: A federal jury in Alexandria, Va., reject- ed the death penalty for al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Mous- saoui (zak-uh-REE’-uhs moo-SOW’-ee), deciding he should spend life in prison for his role in 9/11; as he was led from the courtroom, Moussaoui taunted, ‘‘America, you lost.’’ An Armenian passenger plane crashed off Russia’s Black Sea coast, killing all 113 people on board. Earl Woods, father of golfer Tiger Woods, died in Cypress, Calif., at age 74. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker One year ago: BP declared it would pay all ‘‘legitimate and objectively verifiable’’ claims related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad (FY’-sul shah-ZAHD’) was apprehended aboard a flight preparing to depart New York for Dubai. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE’-neh-zhahd) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton exchanged heated words at the United Nations, the site of a month- long debate over the world’s nuclear weapons. An Indi- an court convicted a Pakistani man (Mohammed Ajmal Kasab) of murder and other charges for his role in the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai that left 166 people dead. Today’s Birthdays: Folk singer Pete Seeger is 92. Actress Ann B. Davis is 85. Singer Frankie Valli is 77. Sports announc- er Greg Gumbel is 65. Pop singer Mary Hopkin is 61. Singer Christopher Cross is 60. Country musician Cactus Moser (Highway 101) is 54. Rock musician David Ball (Soft Cell) is 52. Country singer Shane Minor is 43. Actor Bobby Can- navale (ka-nuh-VAL’-ee) is 41. Music and film produc- er-actor Damon Dash is 40. Country musician John Hop- kins (Zac Brown Band) is 40. Country-rock musician John Neff (Drive-By Truckers) is 40. Country singer Brad Mar- tin is 38. Actor Dule (doo-LAY’) Hill is 36. Country singer Eric Church is 34. Dancer Cheryl Burke (TV: ‘‘Dancing with the Stars’’) is 27. Actress Jill Berard is 21. Thought for Today: ‘‘Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.’’ — Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian polit- ical philosopher (born this date in 1469, died 1527). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP