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4B Daily News – Tuesday, March 13, 2012 PEANUTS® MONDAY COMICS By Charles Schultz Today in History The Associated Press Today is Monday, March 12, the 72nd day of 2012. There are 294 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 12, 1912, the Girl Scouts of the USA had its beginnings as Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, Ga., founded the first American troop of the Girl Guides, a move- ment which had originated in Britain along with the Boy Scouts. DILBERT® By Scott Adams On this date: In 1664, England's King Charles II granted an area of land in present-day North America known as New Nether- land to his brother James, the Duke of York. In 1864, Ulysses S. Grant was promoted to the rank of general-in-chief of the Union armies in the Civil War by President Abraham Lincoln. In 1913, Canberra was officially designated the future capital of Australia. In 1932, the so-called "Swedish Match King," Ivar Kreuger, was found shot dead in his Paris apartment, an apparent suicide, leaving behind a financial empire that turned out to be worthless. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the GARFIELD® By Jim Davis first of his 30 radio "fireside chats," telling Americans what was being done to deal with the nation's economic crisis. In 1938, the Anschluss merging Austria with Nazi Ger- many took place as German forces crossed the border between the two countries. In 1947, President Harry S. Truman established what became known as the "Truman Doctrine" to help Greece and Turkey resist Communism. In 1951, "Dennis the Menace," created by cartoonist Hank Ketcham, made its syndicated debut in 16 newspa- pers. In 1971, Hafez Assad was confirmed as president of Syria in a referendum. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1980, a Chicago jury found John Wayne Gacy Jr. guilty of the murders of 33 men and boys. (The next day, Gacy was sentenced to death; he was executed in May 1994.) In 1987, the musical play "Les Miserables" opened on Broadway. Ten years ago: Houston homemaker Andrea Yates was BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake convicted of murder in the drowning deaths of her five chil- dren in the family bathtub. (Yates was later retried and found not guilty by reason of insanity.) Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge announced that America was at yellow alert as he unveiled a color-coded system for terror warnings. Five years ago: President George W. Bush promoted free trade as a salve to Latin America's woes as he spoke out against poverty during a visit to Guatemala; the president then traveled to Mexico. Masked Palestinians kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston at gunpoint in Gaza City. (He was released several months later.) One year ago: 15 passengers were killed when a tour bus returning from a Connecticut casino scraped along a guard rail on the outskirts of New York City, tipped on its side and slammed into a pole that sheared it nearly end to end. Today's Birthdays: Playwright Edward Albee is 84. BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young is 80. Actress Bar- bara Feldon is 79. Broadcast journalist Lloyd Dobyns is 76. Singer Al Jarreau is 72. Actress-singer Liza Minnelli is 66. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is 65. Singer- songwriter James Taylor is 64. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., is 64. Rock singer-musician Bill Payne (Little Feat) is 63. Actor Jon Provost ("Lassie") is 62. Author Carl Hiaasen is 59. Rock musician Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) is 56. Actor Jerry Levine is 55. Singer Marlon Jackson (The Jackson Five) is 55. Actor Courtney B. Vance is 52. Actor Titus Welliver is 51. Former MLB All-Star Darryl Strawberry is 50. Actress Julia Campbell is 49. Actor Aaron Eckhart is 44. ABC News reporter Jake Tapper is 43. Rock musician Gra- ham Coxon is 43. Country musician Tommy Bales (Flyn- nville Train) is 39. Country singer Holly Williams is 31. Thought for Today: "A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience." — Miguel de Cervantes, Span- ish novelist, dramatist and poet (1547-1616). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP