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FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne GARFIELD® By Jim Davis DILBERT® By Scott Adams RUBES® By Leigh Rubin By Mort Walker BEETLE BAILEY® ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2010. There are 360 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 5, 1925, Nellie T. Ross became governor of Wyoming; she was the first female governor in U.S. history. (She suc- ceeded Frank E. Lucas, who had served as acting governor following the death of Ross' husband, William B. Ross.) On this date: In 1781, a British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Va. In 1809, the Treaty of the Dardanelles, which ended the Anglo-Turkish War, was concluded by the United Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire. In 1895, French Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of trea- son, was publicly stripped of his rank. (He was ultimately vin- dicated.) In 1896, an Austrian newspaper (Wiener Presse) reported the discovery by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen of a type of radiation that came to be known as ''X-rays.'' In 1933, the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, died in Northampton, Mass., at age 60. In 1949, in his State of the Union address, President Harry S. Truman labeled his administration the Fair Deal. In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed assis- tance to countries to help them resist Communist aggression; this became known as the Eisenhower Doctrine. In 1970, Joseph A. Yablonski, an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency of the United Mine Workers of America, was found murdered with his wife and daughter at their Clarksville, Pa., home (UMWA President Tony Boyle and three others were later convicted of the killings). The soap opera ''All My Chil- dren'' premiered on ABC-TV. In 1994, Thomas P. ''Tip'' O'Neill, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, died in Boston at age 81. In 1998, Sonny Bono, the 1960's pop star-turned-politician, was killed when he struck a tree while skiing at the Heaven- ly Ski Resort on the Nevada-California state line; he was 62. Ten years ago: Touching off angry protests by Cuban-Amer- icans in Miami, the U.S. government decided to send 6-year- old Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba. (After a legal battle, and the seizure of Elian from the home of his U.S. relatives, the boy was returned to Cuba.) Democratic presidential candidates Al Gore and Bill Bradley engaged in a feisty debate in Durham, N.H. Five years ago: President George W. Bush opened a new drive for caps on medical malpractice awards, contending the limits would lower health care costs. The bodies of 18 young Iraqi Shiites taken off a bus and executed in December 2005 were found in a field near Mosul. Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, a Marine charged with desertion in Iraq after mysteriously dis- appearing from his post was again declared a deserter — this time for failing to report to his U.S. base. (He remains miss- ing.) One year ago: President-elect Barack Obama met with con- gressional leaders, declaring the national economy was ''bad and getting worse'' and predicting lawmakers would approve a mammoth revitalization package within two weeks of his taking office. Retired Lt. Gen. Harry W.O. Kinnard, a para- troop officer who suggested the famously defiant answer ''Nuts!'' to a German demand for surrender during the World War II Battle of the Bulge, died in Arlington, Va. at age 93. Today's Birthdays: Former Vice President Walter F. Mon- dale is 82. Actor Robert Duvall is 79. Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Chuck Noll is 78. King Juan Carlos of Spain is 72. Talk show host Charlie Rose is 68. Actress-director Diane Keaton is 64. Actor Ted Lange is 62. Rhythm-and-blues musician George ''Funky'' Brown (Kool and the Gang) is 61. Rock musician Chris Stein (Blondie) is 60. Former CIA Director George Tenet is 57. Actress Pamela Sue Martin is 57. Actor Clancy Brown is 51. Singer Iris Dement is 49. Actor Ricky Paull Goldin is 45. Actor Vinnie Jones is 45. Rock musician Kate Schellen- bach (Luscious Jackson) is 44. Dancer-choreographer Carrie Ann Inaba is 42. Rock singer Marilyn Manson is 41. Actor Bradley Cooper is 35. Actress January Jones is 32. Thought for Today: ''Wisdom is divided into two parts: (a) having a great deal to say, and (b) not saying it.'' — Anony- mous. Today in History ALLEY OOP 4B – Daily News – Tuesday, January 5, 2010