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2B Daily News – Thursday, November 17, 2011 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Nov. 17, the 321st day of 2011. There are 44 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 17, 1911, the African-American fraternity Omega Psi Phi was founded at Howard University in Wash- ington, D.C. On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1558, Elizabeth I acceded to the English throne upon the death of Queen Mary. In 1800, Congress held its first session in Washington in the partially completed Capitol building. In 1869, the Suez Canal opened in Egypt. In 1917, French sculptor Auguste Rodin died in Meudon at age 77. In 1934, Lyndon Baines Johnson married Claudia Alta Taylor, better known as Lady Bird, in San Antonio, Texas. In 1969, the first round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between the United States and the Soviet Union opened in Helsinki, Finland. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1973, President Richard Nixon told Associated Press managing editors in Orlando, Fla.: ''People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook.'' In 1979, Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini ordered the release of 13 black and/or female American hostages being held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. In 1987, a federal jury in Denver convicted two neo- Nazis and acquitted two others of civil rights violations in the 1984 slaying of radio talk show host Alan Berg. In 1991, the first national TV commercial for condoms SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins (Trojan) aired during an episode of the Fox situation come- dy ''Herman's Head.'' Ten years ago: The Taliban confirmed the death of Osama bin Laden's military chief Mohammed Atef in an airstrike three days earlier. Burhanuddin Rabbani, the Afghan president ousted five years earlier by the Taliban, returned to the capital Kabul. Lennox Lewis knocked out Hasim Rahman in the fourth round to get back his WBC and IBF heavyweight titles in Las Vegas. Former U.S. Sen. Har- rison A. Williams Jr., a Democrat whose political career was ended by the Abscam bribery scandal, died in Denville, N.J., at age 81. Five years ago: Cast into the minority in midterm elec- tions, House Republicans chose John Boehner of Ohio to lead them. Ivan J. Hill was convicted in Los Angeles of being the ''60 Freeway Slayer'' of six women (Hill was later sentenced to death). The FDA ended a 14-year virtual ban on silicone-gel breast implants. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker One year ago: House Democrats elected Nancy Pelosi to remain as their leader despite massive party losses in midterm elections. Republicans voted to keep John Boehn- er as their top House leader, making him speaker in the new Congress. Today's Birthdays: Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., is 77. Rock musician Gerry McGee (The Ventures) is 74. Singer Gordon Lightfoot is 73. Singer-songwriter Bob Gaudio is 70. Movie director Martin Scorsese is 69. Actress Lauren Hutton is 68. Actor-director Danny DeVito is 67. ''Saturday Night Live'' producer Lorne Michaels is 67. Baseball Hall- of-Famer Tom Seaver is 67. Movie director Roland Joffe is 66. Former Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean is 63. House Speaker John Boehner is 62. Actor Stephen Root is 60. Rock musician Jim Babjak (The Smithereens) is 54. Actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is 53. Actor William Moses is 52. Entertainer RuPaul is 51. Actor Dylan Walsh is 48. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice is 47. Actress Sophie Marceau is 45. Actress-model Daisy Fuentes is 45. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ronnie DeVoe (New Edition; Bell Biv DeVoe) is 44. Rock musician Ben Wilson (Blues Traveler) is 44. Actor Leonard Roberts is 39. Actress Leslie Bibb is 38. Actor Brandon Call is 35. Coun- try singer Aaron Lines is 34. Actress Rachel McAdams is 33. Rock musician Isaac Hanson (Hanson) is 31. Actor Justin Cooper is 23. Thought for Today: ''Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.'' — William Allen White, American journalist (1868-1944). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP