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2B Daily News – Tuesday, February 21, 2012 PEANUTS® MONDAY COMICS By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Feb. 20, the 51st day of 2012. There are 315 days left in the year. This is Presidents' Day. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Project Mer- cury's Friendship 7 spacecraft. On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1790, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II died. In 1792, President George Washington signed an act cre- ating the U.S. Post Office. In 1809, the Supreme Court ruled that no state legislature could annul the judgments or determine the jurisdictions of federal courts. In 1839, Congress prohibited dueling in the District of Columbia. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1862, William Wallace Lincoln, the 11-year-old son of President Abraham Lincoln and first lady Mary Todd Lin- coln, died at the White House, apparently of typhoid fever. In 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt signed an immi- gration act which excluded ''idiots, imbeciles, feebleminded persons, epileptics, insane persons'' from being admitted to the United States. In 1938, Anthony Eden resigned as British foreign secre- tary following Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's deci- sion to negotiate with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. In 1944, during World War II, U.S. bombers began raid- ing German aircraft manufacturing centers in a series of attacks that became known as ''Big Week.'' In 1965, the Ranger 8 spacecraft crashed on the moon, as planned, after sending back thousands of pictures of the lunar surface. In 1971, the National Emergency Warning Center in Col- orado erroneously ordered U.S. radio and TV stations off the air; some stations heeded the alert, which was not lifted for about 40 minutes. In 1987, a bomb left by Unabomber Ted Kaczynski SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins exploded behind a computer store in Salt Lake City, serious- ly injuring store owner Gary Wright. Soviet authorities released Jewish activist Josef Begun. In 2003, fire broke out during a rock concert at The Sta- tion nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., killing 100 people and injuring about 200 others. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush visited Korea's demilitarized zone, where he peered at the North, a country he'd described as being part of an ''axis of evil.'' Five years ago: In a victory for President George W. Bush, a divided federal appeals court ruled that Guantanamo Bay detainees could not use the U.S. court system to challenge their indefinite imprisonment. One year ago: Security forces loyal to Libya's Moammar BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker Gadhafi unleashed heavy gunfire as thousands marched in the rebellious eastern city of Benghazi, cutting down mourn- ers trying to bury victims. Today's Birthdays: Fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt is 88. Author-screenwriter Richard Matheson is 86. Actor Sidney Poitier is 85. Racing Hall of Famer Bobby Unser is 78. Actress Marj Dusay is 76. Jazz-soul singer Nancy Wilson is 75. Racing Hall of Famer Roger Penske is 75. Singer-song- writer Buffy Sainte-Marie is 71. Hockey Hall-of-Famer Phil Esposito is 70. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R- Ky., is 70. Movie director Mike Leigh is 69. Actress Brenda Blethyn is 66. Actress Sandy Duncan is 66. Rock musician J. Geils is 66. Actor Peter Strauss is 65. Rock singer-musi- cian-producer Walter Becker (Steely Dan) is 62. Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is 61. Country singer Kathie Baillie is 61. Actor John Voldstad is 61. Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is 58. Actor Anthony Stewart Head is 58. Country singer Leland Martin is 55. Actor James Wilby is 54. Comedian Joel Hodgson is 52. Basketball Hall-of- Famer Charles Barkley is 49. Actor French Stewart is 48. Model Cindy Crawford is 46. Actress Lauren Ambrose is 34. Singer Rihanna is 24. Thought for Today: ''Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.'' — Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (1844-1923). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP