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4B Daily News – Saturday, April 7, 2012 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press DILBERT® By Scott Adams Today is Saturday, April 7, the 98th day of 2012. There are 268 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 7, 1922, the Teapot Dome scandal had its begin- nings as Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall signed a secret deal to lease U.S. Navy petroleum reserves to his friends, oilmen Harry F. Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny. On this date: In 1788, an expedition led by Gen. Rufus Putnam estab- lished a settlement at present-day Marietta, Ohio. In 1798, the Mississippi Territory was created by an act of Congress, with Natchez as the capital. In 1862, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh in Ten- nessee. In 1927, the image and voice of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover were transmitted live from Washington to New York in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis Geneva. In 1939, Italy invaded Albania, which was annexed less than a week later. In 1948, the World Health Organization was founded in In 1953, the U.N. General Assembly elected Dag Ham- marskjold (dahg HAWM'-ahr-shoold) of Sweden to be sec- retary-general. In 1969, the Supreme Court, in Stanley v. Georgia, unan- imously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1962, nearly 1,200 Cuban exiles tried by Cuba for their roles in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion were convicted of treason. In 1972, mobster Joe Gallo was shot to death by rival gangsters during his 43rd birthday celebration at a New York City restaurant. ring development of the neutron bomb, a high-radiation weapon. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter announced he was defer- In 1983, space shuttle astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson took the first U.S. space walk in almost a decade as they worked in the open cargo bay of Challenger for nearly four hours. Ten years ago: Israeli troops fought fierce battles with BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake Palestinians in the West Bank, encountering stiff resistance in the Jenin refugee camp and in Nablus. Actor John Agar died in Burbank, Calif., at age 81. Five years ago: A Russian rocket carrying American bil- lionaire Charles Simonyi roared into the night skies over Kazakhstan, sending its three occupants on a trip to the inter- national space station. ''B.C.'' comic strip creator Johnny Hart died in Nineveh, N.Y., at age 76. Actor Barry Nelson died in Bucks County, Pa., at age 89. Tasso da Silveira public school in Rio de Janeiro; the gun- man, a onetime student at the school, shot himself after being cornered by police. Today's Birthdays: Actor R.G. Armstrong is 95. Sitar One year ago: A man shot and killed 12 children at the BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker player Ravi Shankar is 92. Actor James Garner is 84. Coun- try singer Cal Smith is 80. Actor Wayne Rogers is 79. Media commentator Hodding Carter III is 77. Country singer Bobby Bare is 77. Rhythm-and-blues singer Charlie Thomas (The Drifters) is 75. California Gov. Jerry Brown is 74. Movie director Francis Ford Coppola is 73. TV personality David Frost is 73. Singer Patricia Bennett (The Chiffons) is 65. Singer John Oates is 63. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is 63. Singer Janis Ian is 61. Country musician John Dittrich is 61. Actor Jackie Chan is 58. College and Pro Football Hall- of-Famer Tony Dorsett is 58. Actor Russell Crowe is 48. Christian/jazz singer Mark Kibble (Take 6) is 48. Actor Bill Bellamy is 47. Rock musician Dave ''Yorkie'' Palmer (Space) is 47. Former football player-turned-analyst Tiki Barber is 37. Actress Heather Burns is 37. Actor Kevin Ale- jandro (TV: ''Southland'') is 36. Thought for Today: ''Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.'' — P.T. Barnum, American showman (born 1810, died this date in 1891). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP