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PEANUTS® Tuesday, December 6, 2011 – Daily News 5B By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Dec. 6, the 340th day of 2011. There are 25 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 6, 1921, the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which estab- lished the Irish Free State, was signed in London. (The treaty came into force one year later on this date.) On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams York. In 1790, Congress moved to Philadelphia from New In 1884, Army engineers completed construction of the Washington Monument by setting an aluminum capstone atop the obelisk. In 1889, Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, died in New Orleans. In 1907, the worst mining disaster in U.S. history occurred as 362 men and boys died in a coal mine explosion in Monongah, W.Va. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1917, some 2,000 people died when an explosives- laden French cargo ship collided with a Norwegian vessel at the harbor in Halifax, Nova Scotia, setting off a blast that dev- astated the city. In 1947, Everglades National Park in Florida was dedi- cated by President Harry S. Truman. In 1957, America's first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit failed as Vanguard TV3 rose about four feet off a Cape Canaveral launch pad before crashing down and exploding. In 1960, nearly 9 million acres of Alaska was set aside as an Arctic National Wildlife Range by order of Interior Sec- retary Fred A. Seaton. In 1971, the original Auto-Train, which carried rail pas- sengers and their motor vehicles from Lorton, Va., to San- ford, Fla., went into operation. (Although the privately owned line went out of business in 1981, Amtrak revived the service in 1983.) In 1989, 14 women were shot to death at the University of SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins Montreal's school of engineering by a man who then took his own life. Ten years ago: The House of Representatives, by a one- vote margin, gave President George W. Bush more power to negotiate global trade deals. President Bush dedicated the national Christmas tree to those who had died on Sept. 11 and to service members who had died in the line of duty. Five years ago: The bipartisan Iraq Study Group conclud- ed that President George W. Bush's war policies had failed in almost every regard, and said the situation in Iraq was ''grave and deteriorating.'' The Senate voted, 95-2, to confirm Robert Gates as defense secretary. Searchers found the body of San Francisco resident James Kim in the Oregon moun- tains. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker One year ago: President Barack Obama announced a compromise with the GOP to extend Bush-era income tax cuts despite Democratic objections; the agreement included renewing unemployment benefits and reducing Social Secu- rity taxes for one year. Talks between Iran and six world pow- ers recessed with no sign Tehran was ready to discuss U.N. Security Council calls to curb its nuclear activity. Today's Birthdays: Jazz musician Dave Brubeck is 91. Comedy performer David Ossman is 75. Actor Patrick Bauchau is 73. Country singer Helen Cornelius is 70. Actor James Naughton is 66. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is 66. Rhythm-and-blues singer Frankie Beverly (Maze) is 65. Former Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., is 63. Actress JoBeth Williams is 63. Actor Tom Hulce is 58. Actor Kin Shriner is 58. Actor Wil Shriner is 58. Actor Miles Chapin is 57. Rock musician Rick Buckler (The Jam) is 56. Comedian Steven Wright is 56. Country singer Bill Lloyd is 56. Singer Tish Hinojosa is 56. Rock musician Peter Buck (R.E.M.) is 55. Rock musician David Lovering (Pixies) is 50. Rock musician Ben Watt (Everything But The Girl) is 49. Writer-director Judd Apatow is 44. Rock musician Ulf ''Buddha'' Ekberg (Ace of Base) is 41. Actress Colleen Haskell is 35. Thought for Today: ''Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.'' — James Reston, American journalist (born 1909, died this date in 1995). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP