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PEANUTS® Wednesday, August 17, 2011 – Daily News 5B By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Aug. 17, the 229th day of 2011. There are 136 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 17, 1807, Robert Fulton's North River Steam- boat began heading up the Hudson River on its successful round trip between New York and Albany. (Contrary to pop- ular belief, the vessel was not called the ''Clermont.'') On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1863, Federal batteries and ships began bombarding Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor during the Civil War, but the Confederates managed to hold on despite several days of pounding. In 1915, a mob in Cobb County, Ga., lynched Jewish GARFIELD® By Jim Davis businessman Leo Frank, whose death sentence for the mur- der of 13-year-old Mary Phagan had been commuted to life imprisonment. (Frank, who'd maintained his innocence, was pardoned by the state of Georgia in 1986.) In 1942, during World War II, U.S. 8th Air Force bombers attacked Rouen, France. In 1943, the Allied conquest of Sicily was completed as U.S. and British forces entered Messina. In 1960, the newly renamed Beatles (formerly the Silver Beetles) began their first gig in Hamburg, West Germany, at the Indra Club. The West African country of Gabon became independent of France. In 1961, the United States and 19 Latin American coun- tries signed the Charter of Punta del Este in Uruguay, creat- ing the Alliance for Progress aimed at promoting economic growth and social justice. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1969, Hurricane Camille slammed into the Mississip- pi coast as a Category 5 storm that was blamed for 256 U.S. deaths, three in Cuba. In 1978, the first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight ended as Maxie Anderson, Ben Abruzzo and Larry New- man landed their Double Eagle II outside Paris. In 1985, more than 1,400 meatpackers walked off the job at the Geo. A. Hormel and Co.'s main plant in Austin, Minn., in a bitter strike that lasted just over a year. In 1987, Rudolf Hess, the last member of Adolf Hitler's inner circle, died at Spandau Prison at age 93, an apparent suicide. Ten years ago: Millionaire Steve Fossett's fifth attempt to fly solo around the world ended in Brazil after his helium balloon ran into bad weather. Five years ago: In a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, a federal judge in Detroit ruled that President George W. Bush's warrantless surveillance pro- gram was unconstitutional. One year ago: A mistrial was declared on 23 corruption BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker charges against ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was accused of trying to sell President Barack Obama's old Senate seat; the jury convicted him on one charge, that of lying to the FBI. Today's Birthdays: Actress Maureen O'Hara is 91. For- mer Chinese president Jiang Zemin is 85. Author V.S. Naipaul is 79. Former MLB All-Star Boog Powell is 70. Actor Robert DeNiro is 68. Movie director Martha Coolidge is 65. Rock musician Gary Talley (The Box Tops) is 64. Rock musician Sib Hashian is 62. Actor Robert Joy is 60. International Tennis Hall of Famer Guillermo Vilas is 59. Rock singer Kevin Rowland (Dexy's Midnight Runners) is 58. Rock musician Colin Moulding (XTC) is 56. Country singer-songwriter Kevin Welch is 56. Olympic gold medal figure skater Robin Cousins is 54. Singer Belinda Carlisle is 53. Author Jonathan Franzen is 52. Actor Sean Penn is 51. Jazz musician Everette Harp is 50. Rock musician Gilby Clarke is 49. Singer Maria McKee is 47. Rock musician Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes) is 46. Rock musician Jill Cunniff (kuh-NIHF') is 45. Actor David Conrad is 44. Singer Donnie Wahlberg is 42. Former NBA player Christ- ian Laettner is 42. Rapper Posdnuos (PAHS'-deh-noos) is 42. International Tennis Hall of Famer Jim Courier is 41. MLB player Jorge Posada is 40. Thought for Today: ''It is not love that is blind, but jeal- ousy.'' — Lawrence Durrell, British-born author (1912- 1990). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP