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PEANUTS® Monday, December 26, 2011 – Daily News 3B By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Dec. 26, the 360th day of 2011. There DILBERT® By Scott Adams are five days left in the year. The seven-day African-Ameri- can holiday Kwanzaa begins today. This is Boxing Day. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 26, 1941, during World War II, Winston Churchill became the first British prime minister to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. Churchill grimly warned that ''many disappointments and unpleasant surpris- es await us,'' but also expressed faith that ''the British and American peoples will, for their own safety and for the good of all, walk together in majesty, in justice and in peace.'' On this date: In 1776, the British suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War. In 1799, former President George Washington was eulo- gized by Col. Henry Lee as ''first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.'' In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first African-Ameri- can boxer to win the world heavyweight championship as he defeated Canadian Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. In 1910, the London Palladium, Britain's famous variety GARFIELD® By Jim Davis theater, first opened. In 1944, during the World War II Battle of the Bulge, the embattled U.S. 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne, Bel- gium, was relieved by units of the 4th Armored Division. In 1966, Kwanzaa was first celebrated. In 1972, the 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, died in Kansas City, Mo., at age 88. In 1980, Iranian television footage was broadcast in the United States, showing a dozen of the American hostages sending messages to their families. In 1996, 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colo. (To date, the slaying remains unsolved.) SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 2004, some 230,000 people, mostly in southern Asia, were killed by a tsunami triggered by the world's most pow- erful earthquake in 40 years beneath the Indian Ocean. Ten years ago: The Arabic TV station Al-Jazeera aired BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake new videotaped excerpts of Osama bin Laden in which the al-Qaida leader condemned the United States as a nation that had committed crimes against millions of Afghans. Author- ities put down an attempt by hundreds of Iraqi Kurds, Afghans, Iranians and other refugees from a Red Cross cen- ter in France to cross illegally into Britain through the Chan- nel Tunnel. Actor Sir Nigel Hawthorne died in Hertford- shire, England, at age 72. Five years ago: Former President Gerald R. Ford died in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at age 93. Iraq's highest court reject- ed Saddam Hussein's appeal of his conviction and death sentence and said the former president should be hanged within 30 days. BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker One year ago: A powerful East Coast blizzard stranded thousands of travelers and dumped more than a foot of snow in some areas. Salvador Jorge Blanco, 84, a former president of the Dominican Republic, died in Santo Domingo. Today's Birthdays: Actor Donald Moffat is 81. Actor Caroll Spinney (Big Bird on TV's ''Sesame Street'') is 78. Rhythm-and-blues singer Abdul ''Duke'' Fakir (The Four Tops) is 76. Record producer Phil Spector is 72. ''America's Most Wanted'' host John Walsh is 66. Country musician Bob Carpenter (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 65. Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk is 64. Retired MLB All- Star Chris Chambliss is 63. Baseball Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith is 57. Former Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., is 56. Humorist David Sedaris is 55. Rock musician James Kottak (The Scorpions) is 49. Country musician Brian Westrum (Sons of the Desert) is 49. Rock musician Lars Ulrich (Metallica) is 48. Actress Nadia Dajani is 46. Rock musician J is 44. Country singer Audrey Wiggins is 44. Rock musi- cian Peter Klett (Candlebox) is 42. Rock singer James Mer- cer (The Shins; Flake) is 41. Actor-singer Jared Leto is 40. Rock singer Chris Daughtry is 32. Actress Eden Sher is 20. Thought for Today: ''Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.'' — President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP