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PEANUTS® Thursday, August 11, 2011 – Daily News 3B By Charles Schultz Today in History The Associated Press Today is Thursday, August 11, the 223th day of 2011. There are 142 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1611 - Because of his mental instability, the Hapsburg DILBERT® By Scott Adams archdukes force Emperor Rudolf to resign his Bohemian crown to his brother, Matthias. 1712 - Treaty of Araru ends Swiss War, guaranteeing domination of Protestants over five Catholic cantons. 1786 - Penang is ceded to Britain by Rajah of Kedah in Malaya. 1863 - French establish protectorate over Cambodia. 1929 - Arabs launch attacks on Jews in Palestine over disputes on Jewish use of Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, con- sidered holy by both Jews and Arabs. 1935 - Nazi storm troopers stage mass demonstrations against Jews in Germany. 1937 - Iraqi dictator Bakr Sidqi is assassinated, a year after he staged the first-ever military coup in modern Arab history. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis 1945 - Allies inform Japan that its surrender offer is acceptable as World War II in Pacific nears end. 1950 - King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates because of criticism of his actions during World War II. His son Bau- douin becomes king the next year. 1952 - Prince Hussein is proclaimed King Hussein of Jordan on termination of King Talal's reign. 1954 - Formal peace announcement in Indochina ends more than seven years of fighting with the French and Com- munist Vietminh. Vietnam is partitioned into North and South. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins 1965 - Race riot begins in the Watts section of Los Ange- les, United States, lasting six days. Thirty-four people are killed and more than 1,000 injured. 1973 - United States officially ends combat involvement in Indochina, the same day the Viet Cong charge that 71 prisoners of war turned over to them by South Vietnam are not Communist supporters but want to return to Saigon. 1977 - U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance returns from the Middle East, failing to get Arab and Israeli leaders to agree on the reconvening of the Geneva peace conference. 1983 - The U.S. Agency for International Development agrees to send US$75 million in aid to Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia to help reconstruction efforts following the worst droughts and floods in four decades. 1993 - U.N. forces kill seven Somali gunmen who shot at a surveillance helicopter, as militias of warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid intensify an offensive against peacekeepers. 1995 - The Serbian government disperses bitter Serb refugees driven from Croatia by an army offensive that put an end to the Serb rebellion. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake 2002 - Clashes among local militias, a rebel group and the Ugandan army kills at least 90 people. The victims, many of whom had been hacked to death, included women and children. 2003 - Liberian President Charles Taylor resigns and leaves the country for exile in Nigeria. Taylor's departure was seen as a major step in bringing peace to the nation, which had been plagued by civil war for 14 years. 2006 - The U.N. Security Council adopts a resolution that calls for an end to the war between Israel and Hezbol- lah, and authorizes 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers to help Lebanese troops take control of south Lebanon as Israel withdraws. BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker 2009 - Myanmar's generals again succeed in isolating democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but her fleeting emer- gence during a grueling trial on charges of violating her house arrest show that her steely resolve and charisma remain intact. Today's Birthdays: HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne James Bryan Herrick, U.S. cardiologist (1861-1954); Bertram Mills, English circus entrepreneur (1873-1938); Alex Haley, U.S. author (1921-1992); Ian Charleston, British actor (1949-1990); Angus Wilson, British author (1913--1991); Hulk Hogan, U.S. wrestler/actor (1953--). Thought For Today: It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig — George Santayana, Spanish-born philosopher (1863- 1952). RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP