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4B – Daily News – Monday, May 9, 2011 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Monday, May 9, the 129th day of 2011. There are 236 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: DILBERT® By Scott Adams On May 9, 1961, in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton N. Minow decried the majority of televi- sion programming as a ‘‘vast wasteland’’ of ‘‘game shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, western bad men, western good men, private eyes, gangsters, more vio- lence, and cartoons.’’ On this date: In 1754, a cartoon in Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette showed a snake cut in pieces, with each part repre- senting an American colony; the caption read, ‘‘JOIN, or DIE.’’ In 1883, Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset was born in Madrid. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1936, Italy annexed Ethiopia. In 1945, U.S. officials announced that a midnight enter- tainment curfew was being lifted immediately. In 1951, the U.S. conducted its first thermonuclear exper- iment as part of Operation Greenhouse by detonating a 225- kiloton device on Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific nicknamed ‘‘George.’’ SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee opened public hearings on whether to recommend the impeachment of Pres- ident Richard Nixon. In 1978, the bullet-riddled body of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, who’d been abducted by the Red Brigades, was found in an automobile in the center of Rome. In 1980, 35 people were killed when a freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, caus- ing a 1,400-foot section of the southbound span to collapse. In 1987, 183 people were killed when a New York-bound Polish jetliner crashed while attempting an emergency return to Warsaw. In 1994, South Africa’s newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country’s first black president. Ten years ago: China sought U.S. understanding for its refusal to allow a damaged U.S. Navy spy plane to fly home, say- ing its public would be outraged if the aircraft flew again over Chinese territory. A stampede at a soccer match in Ghana killed at least 123 people. Five years ago: Freed by rescuers drilling round-the-clock by hand, two men walked out of an Australian mine where they had been trapped for two weeks by an earthquake. (The joy over the survival of Brant Webb and Todd Russell was tempered by the loss of Larry Knight, who died in the same rock collapse.) BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake One year ago: Lena Horne, 92, the enchanting jazz singer BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker known for her signature song, ‘‘Stormy Weather,’’ and for her triumph over bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audi- ences but not socialize with them, died in New York. Dallas Braden pitched the 19th perfect game in major league histo- ry, leading the Oakland Athletics in a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Today’s Birthdays: CBS News correspondent Mike Wal- lace is 93. Actress Geraldine McEwan is 79. Actor-writer Alan Bennett is 77. Rock musician Nokie Edwards (The Ventures) is 76. Actor Albert Finney is 75. Actress-turned-politician Glen- da Jackson is 75. Producer-director James L. Brooks is 74. Musician Sonny Curtis (Buddy Holly and the Crickets) is 74. Singer Tommy Roe is 69. Singer-musician Richie Furay (Buf- falo Springfield and Poco) is 67. Actress Candice Bergen is 65. Pop singer Clint Holmes is 65. Actor Anthony Higgins is 64. Singer Billy Joel is 62. Blues singer-musician Bob Mar- golin is 62. Rock singer-musician Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick) is 61. Actress Alley Mills is 60. Actress Amy Hill is 58. Actress Wendy Crewson is 55. Actor John Corbett is 50. Singer Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) is 49. Actress Sonja Sohn is 47. Rap- per Ghostface Killah is 41. Country musician Mike Myer- son (Heartland) is 40. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tamia (tuh- MEE’-ah) is 36. Rock musician Dan Regan (Reel Big Fish) is 34. Rock singer Pierre Bouvier (Simple Plan) is 32. Thought for Today: ‘‘Television has changed the Amer- ican child from an irresistible force into an immovable object.’’ — Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-born educator (1919-1990). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP