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2B Daily News – Tuesday, May 1, 2012 PEANUTS® MONDAY COMICS By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Monday, April 30, the 121st day of 2012. There are 245 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 30, 1812, Louisiana (formerly the Territory of Orleans) became the 18th state of the Union. On this date: In 1789, George Washington took office in New York as the first president of the United States. DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Terri- tory from France for 60 million francs, the equivalent of about $15 million. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1900, engineer John Luther ''Casey'' Jones of the Illi- nois Central Railroad died in a train wreck near Vaughan, Miss., after staying at the controls in a successful effort to save the passengers. In 1911, a fire broke out in Bangor, Maine, destroying much of the downtown area before it was brought under con- trol the next morning; two deaths were blamed on the blaze. In 1912, Universal Studios had its beginnings as papers incorporating the Universal Film Manufacturing Co. were filed and recorded in New York State. In 1939, the New York World's Fair officially opened with a ceremony that included an address by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1945, as Russian troops approached his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun. In 1958, the American Association of Retired Persons (later simply AARP) was founded in Washington, D.C. In 1968, New York City police forcibly removed student demonstrators occupying five buildings at Columbia Univer- sity. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1973, President Richard M. Nixon announced the res- ignations of top aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, along with Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and White House counsel John Dean. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake was succeeded by her daughter, Princess Beatrix. In 1997, the Senate approved the nomination of Alexis Herman to be labor secretary. ABC-TV aired the ''coming out'' episode of the situation comedy ''Ellen'' in which the title character, played by Ellen DeGeneres, acknowledged her homosexuality. Ten years ago: Benevolence International Foundation, an Islamic charity based in suburban Chicago, and its director were charged with perjury; authorities accused the charity of supporting terrorists. (Enaam Arnaout (EE'-nam ahr- NAHT') later pleaded guilty to racketeering, admitting he'd defrauded donors by diverting some of the money to Islamic military groups in Bosnia and Chechnya.) Five years ago: A British judge sentenced five al-Qaida- In 1980, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands abdicated; she linked men, all British citizens, to life in prison for plotting to attack London targets, including a nightclub, power plants and shopping mall with bombs. One year ago: A Libyan official said Moammar Gadhafi had escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli that killed one of his sons and three young grandchildren. (There have been conflicting accounts about whether Gadhafi's relatives even died in the airstrike.) Today's Birthdays: Actress Cloris Leachman is 86. BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker Singer Willie Nelson is 79. Actor Gary Collins is 74. Actor Burt Young is 72. Singer Bobby Vee is 69. Movie director Allan Arkush is 64. Actor Perry King is 64. Singer Merrill Osmond is 59. Movie director Jane Campion is 58. Canadi- an Prime Minister Stephen Harper is 53. Actor Paul Gross is 53. Basketball Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas is 51. Country musician Robert Reynolds (The Mavericks) is 50. Actor Adrian Pasdar is 47. Rapper Turbo B (Snap) is 45. Rock musician Clark Vogeler is 43. Rhythm-and-blues singer Chris ''Choc'' Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is 41. Country singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson is 41. Rhythm-and-blues singer Akon is 39. Actor Johnny Galecki is 37. Actor Kunal Nayyar is 31. Actress Kirsten Dunst is 30. Thought for Today: ''There's a difference between a phi- losophy and a bumper sticker.'' — Charles M. Schulz, Amer- ican cartoonist (1922-2000). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP