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PEANUTS® Wednesday, January 4, 2012 – Daily News 5B By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2012. There are 362 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 4, 1951, during the Korean War, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces recaptured the city of Seoul. On this date: In 1821, the first native-born American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, died in Emmitsburg, Md. DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1861, Alabama seized a federal arsenal at Mount Ver- non near Mobile. In 1896, Utah was admitted as the 45th state. In 1904, the Supreme Court, in Gonzalez v. Williams, ruled that Puerto Ricans were not aliens and could enter the United States freely; however, the court stopped short of declaring them U.S. citizens. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, called for legislation to provide assis- tance for the jobless, elderly, impoverished children and the handicapped. In 1948, Burma (now called Myanmar) became inde- pendent of British rule. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1960, Algerian-born French author and philosopher Albert Camus died in an automobile accident in Villeblevin, France, at age 46. In 1964, Pope Paul VI began a visit to the Holy Land, the first papal pilgrimage of its kind, as he arrived in Jerusalem. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson outlined the goals of his ''Great Society'' in his State of the Union Address. In 1974, President Richard M. Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Sen- ate Watergate Committee. In 1987, 16 people were killed when an Amtrak train bound from Washington, D.C., to Boston collided with Con- rail locomotives that had crossed into its path from a side track in Chase, Md. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1990, Charles Stuart, who'd claimed to have been wounded and his pregnant wife fatally shot by a robber, leapt to his death off a Boston bridge after he himself became a suspect. Ten years ago: Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman, a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier, was killed by small-arms fire during an ambush in eastern Afghanistan; he was the first American military death from enemy fire in the war against terrorism. Florida coach Steve Spurrier resigned to pursue an NFL job, two days after leading the Gators to vic- tory over Maryland in the Orange Bowl. Five years ago: Nancy Pelosi was elected the first female BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake speaker of the House as Democrats took control of Con- gress. Harriet Miers resigned as White House counsel. Vin- cent Sardi Jr., owner of Sardi's restaurant, the legendary Broadway watering hole, died in Berlin, Vt., at age 91. One year ago: President Barack Obama signed a $1.4 bil- BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker lion overhaul of the nation's food safety system. The Navy fired the commander of the USS Enterprise, Capt. Owen Honors, more than three years after he'd made lewd videos to boost morale for his crew. Today's Birthdays: Actress Barbara Rush is 85. Foot- ball Hall-of-Fame coach Don Shula is 82. Actress Dyan Cannon is 75. Opera singer Grace Bumbry is 75. Author- historian Doris Kearns Goodwin is 69. Country singer Kathy Forester (The Forester Sisters) is 57. Actress Ann Magnuson is 56. Rock musician Bernard Sumner (New Order, Joy Division) is 56. Country singer Patty Loveless is 55. Rock singer Michael Stipe is 52. Actor Patrick Cassidy is 50. Actor Dave Foley is 49. Actor Rick Hearst (TV: ''The Bold and the Beautiful'') is 47. Singer-musician Cait O'Ri- ordan is 47. Actress Julia Ormond is 47. Tennis player Guy Forget is 47. Country singer Deana Carter is 46. Rock musi- cian Benjamin Darvill (Crash Test Dummies) is 45. Actor Jeremy Licht is 41. Actress-singer Jill Marie Jones is 37. Alt-country singer Justin Townes Earle is 30. Christian rock singer Spencer Chamberlain (Underoath) is 29. Comedian- actress Charlyne Yi is 26. Thought for Today: ''The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.'' — T.S. Eliot, American-born English poet (born in 1888, died this date in 1965). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP