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4B Daily News – Saturday, January 14, 2012 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2012. There are 352 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 14, 1952, NBC's ''Today'' show premiered, with Dave Garroway as the host, or ''communicator,'' as he was called. DILBERT® By Scott Adams On this date: In 1639, the first constitution of Connecticut — the Fun- damental Orders — was adopted. In 1784, the United States ratified a peace treaty with England, ending the Revolutionary War. In 1858, Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and his wife, Empress Eugenie, escaped an assassination attempt led by Italian revolutionary Felice (fay-LEE'-chay) Orsini, who was later captured and executed. In 1900, Puccini's opera ''Tosca'' had its world premiere in Rome. In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French General Charles de Gaulle opened a wartime conference in Casablanca. In 1953, Josip Broz Tito (YAW'-sihp brawz TEE'-toh) GARFIELD® By Jim Davis was elected president of Yugoslavia by the country's Parlia- ment. In 1963, George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with a pledge of ''segregation forever.'' In 1968, the Green Bay Packers of the NFL defeated the AFL's Oakland Raiders, 33-14, in Super Bowl II. In 1969, 27 people aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enter- prise, off Hawaii, were killed when a rocket warhead exploded, setting off a fire and additional explosions. In 1972, the situation comedy ''Sanford and Son,'' star- ring Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson, premiered on NBC- TV. In 1994, President Bill Clinton and Russian President SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins Boris Yeltsin signed an accord to stop aiming missiles at any nation; the leaders joined Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk in signing an accord to dismantle the nuclear arse- nal of Ukraine. Ten years ago: Two members of Congress released BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake excerpts of a letter sent to Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay the previous August in which company executive Sherron Watkins warned of the reckless practices that eventually brought down the energy-trading giant. Five years ago: President George W. Bush, facing oppo- sition from both parties over his plan to send more troops to Iraq, said on CBS' ''60 Minutes'' that he had the authority to act no matter what Congress wanted. On ''Fox News Sun- day,'' Vice President Dick Cheney asserted that lawmakers' criticism would not influence Bush's plans, and he dis- missed any effort to ''run a war by committee.'' One year ago: In an unprecedented popular uprising, BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker Tunisian protesters enraged over soaring unemployment and corruption drove President Zine El Abdine Ben Ali from power after 23 years of iron-fisted rule. A funeral was held for U.S. District Judge John Roll, who was killed in the Tuc- son, Ariz., shooting rampage. Today's Birthdays: Blues singer Clarence Carter is 76. Singer Jack Jones is 74. Singer-songwriter Allen Toussaint is 74. Former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond is 72. Actress Faye Dunaway is 71. Actress Holland Taylor is 69. Actor Carl Weathers is 64. Singer-producer T-Bone Burnett is 64. Movie writer-director Lawrence Kasdan is 63. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Maureen Dowd is 60. Rock singer Geoff Tate (Queensryche) is 53. Movie writer-director Steven Soderbergh is 49. Actor Mark Addy is 48. Fox News Channel anchorman Shepard Smith is 48. Rapper Slick Rick is 47. Actor Dan Schneider is 46. Actress Emily Watson is 45. Actor-comedian Tom Rhodes is 45. Rock musician Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne Band) is 45. Rapper-actor LL Cool J is 44. Actor Jason Bateman is 43. Rock singer-musi- cian Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) is 43. Thought for Today: ''If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opin- ion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.'' — John Stuart Mill, English philoso- pher (1806-1873). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP