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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Tuesday, January 24, 2012 – Daily News 5C Today in History The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2012. There are 342 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 24, 1942, the Roberts Commission, which had DILBERT® By Scott Adams looked into America's lack of preparedness for Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, publicly released its report placing much of the blame on Rear Adm. Husband E. Kim- mel and Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short, the Navy and Army com- manders. On this date: In 1742, Charles VII was elected Holy Roman Emperor during the War of the Austrian Succession. In 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in northern California, a discovery that led to the gold rush of '49. In 1862, author Edith Wharton was born in New York. In 1908, the Boy Scouts movement began in England under the aegis of Robert Baden-Powell. In 1922, Christian K. Nelson of Onawa, Iowa, received a U.S. patent for his Eskimo Pie. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill concluded a wartime conference in Casablanca, Morocco. In 1961, a U.S. Air Force B-52 crashed near Goldsboro, N.C., dropping its payload of two nuclear bombs, neither of which went off; three crew members were killed. In 1965, Winston Churchill died in London at age 90. In 1978, a nuclear-powered Soviet satellite, Cosmos 954, plunged through Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated, scat- tering radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada. In 1987, gunmen in Lebanon kidnapped educators Alann Steen, Jesse Turner, Robert Polhill and Mitheleshwar Singh. (All were eventually released.) SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake In 1989, confessed serial killer Theodore Bundy was exe- cuted in Florida's electric chair. In 1992, a judge in El Salvador sentenced an army colonel and a lieutenant to 30 years in prison for their part in the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter. (However, Col. Guillermo Alfredo Bena- vides and Lt. Yusshy Mendoza were freed in April 1993 under an amnesty law.) Ten years ago: A House committee opened hearings into the collapse of energy giant Enron Corp. Officials of Enron's accounting firm, Arthur Andersen, claimed fired auditor David Duncan was solely responsible for the massive destruction of Enron documents; Duncan refused to answer questions, invoking the Fifth Amendment. Five years ago: The Democratic-controlled Senate For- eign Relations Committee passed a nonbinding measure, 12-9, dismissing President George W. Bush's plans for a troop buildup in Iraq as "not in the national interest" of the United States. One year ago: A suicide bomber blew himself up in BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker Moscow's busiest airport, killing 37 people; Chechen sepa- ratists claimed responsibility. In his second court appear- ance, Jared Lee Loughner pleaded not guilty in Phoenix to federal charges he'd tried to kill U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and two of her aides in a Tucson shooting rampage that had claimed six lives. Today's Birthdays: Actor Ernest Borgnine is 95. Actor Jerry Maren ("The Wizard of Oz") is 93. Actor Marvin Kaplan ("Top Cat") is 85. Cajun musician Doug Kershaw is 76. Singer-songwriter Ray Stevens is 73. Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond is 71. Singer Aaron Neville is 71. Actor Michael Ontkean is 66. Actor Daniel Auteuil is 62. Country singer-songwriter Becky Hobbs is 62. Comedian Yakov Smirnoff is 61. Bandleader-musician Jools Holland is 54. Actress Nastassja Kinski is 53. Rhythm-and-blues singer Theo Peoples is 51. Country musician Keech Rainwater (Lonestar) is 49. HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan is 46. Comedian Phil LaMarr is 45. Olympic gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton is 44. Actor Matthew Lillard is 42. Actress Merrilee McCommas is 41. Actor Ed Helms is 38. Thought for Today: "I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom." — Bob Dylan. HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP