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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Friday, March 23, 2012 – Daily News 5B Today in History DILBERT® By Scott Adams The Associated Press Today is Friday, March 23, the 83rd day of 2012. There are 283 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 23, 2011, Academy Award-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen persona, stormy personal life and enduring fame and glamour made her one of the last of the classic movie stars, died in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79. On this date: In 1775, Patrick Henry delivered an address to the Vir- ginia Provincial Convention in which he is said to have declared, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" In 1792, Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G Major (the "Surprise" symphony) had its first public performance in London. In 1806, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, having reached the Pacific coast, began their journey back east. In 1912, Wernher von Braun, the scientist who helped develop the V-2 combat rocket for the Nazis and the Saturn V booster rocket for NASA, was born in Wirsitz, Germany. In 1919, Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist political GARFIELD® By Jim Davis movement in Milan, Italy. In 1933, the German Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act, which effectively granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial pow- ers. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1942, the first Japanese-Americans evacuated by the U.S. Army during World War II arrived at the internment camp in Manzanar, Calif. In 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic. In 1965, America's first two-person space flight began as Gemini 3 blasted off with astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young aboard for a nearly five-hour flight. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan first proposed devel- oping technology to intercept incoming enemy missiles — an idea that came to be known as the Strategic Defense Ini- tiative. Dr. Barney Clark, recipient of a Jarvik permanent artificial heart, died at the University of Utah Medical Cen- ter after 112 days with the device. In 1994, Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexico's leading presi- dential candidate, was assassinated in Tijuana. Wayne Gret- zky broke Gordie Howe's National Hockey League career record with his 802nd goal. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker In 2010, President Barack Obama signed a $938 billion health care overhaul, declaring "a new season in America." Ten years ago: President George W. Bush, during a visit to South America, pledged cooperation with Peru in the fight against terrorism. Girls in Afghanistan celebrated their return to school for the first time in years. Five years ago: The House voted for the first time to clamp a cutoff deadline on the Iraq war, agreeing by a thin margin to pull combat troops out by late 2008. Iranian forces captured 15 British sailors and marines who were searching a merchant ship in the disputed Shatt Al-Arab waterway Persian Gulf; they were held for 13 days. One year ago: NATO ships began patrolling off Libya's coast as airstrikes, missiles and energized rebels forced Moammar Gadhafi's tanks to roll back from two key west- ern cities. Today's Birthdays: Comedian Marty Allen is 90. Sir Roger Bannister, the runner who broke the 4-minute mile in 1954, is 83. Movie director Mark Rydell is 78. Motorsports Hall of Famer Craig Breedlove is 75. Singer-producer Ric Ocasek is 63. Singer Chaka Khan is 59. Actress Amanda Plummer is 55. Actress Catherine Keener is 53. Actress Hope Davis is 48. Comedian John Pinette is 48. Actor Richard Grieco is 47. Country musician Kevin Griffin (Yan- kee Grey) is 47. Actress Marin Hinkle is 46. Rock singer- musician Damon Albarn (Blur) is 44. Actress-singer Melis- sa Errico is 42. Rock musician John Humphrey (The Nixons) is 42. Actress Michelle Monaghan is 36. Actress Keri Russell is 36. Gossip columnist-blogger Perez Hilton is 34. Actress Nicholle Tom is 34. Country singer Paul Martin (Marshall Dyllon) is 34. Thought for Today: "When people say, 'She's got every- thing,' I've got one answer — I haven't had tomorrow." — Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP