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4B Daily News – Wednesday, May 2, 2012 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press DILBERT® By Scott Adams Today is Wednesday, May 2, the 123rd day of 2012. There are 243 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces at his Pakistan compound, then quickly buried at sea in a stunning finale to a furtive decade on the run. On this date: at age 67. land's King Charles II. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancel- lorsville, Va.; he died eight days later. In 1890, the Oklahoma Territory was organized. In 1932, Jack Benny's first radio show, sponsored by Canada Dry, made its debut on the NBC Blue Network. In 1936, ''Peter and the Wolf,'' a symphonic tale for chil- dren by Sergei Prokofiev, had its world premiere in Moscow. In 1945, the Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin, and the Allies announced the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria. In 1519, artist Leonardo da Vinci died at Cloux, France, In 1670, the Hudson's Bay Co. was chartered by Eng- In 1863, Confederate Gen. Thomas ''Stonewall'' Jackson began as a BOAC de Havilland Comet carrying 36 passen- gers took off on a multi-stop flight from London to Johan- nesburg, South Africa. In 1952, the era of commercial jet passenger service In 1957, Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., died at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. In 1960, Caryl Chessman, who'd become a best-selling author and cause celebre while on death row for kidnapping, rape and robbery, was executed at San Quentin Prison in California. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1972, a fire at the Sunshine silver mine in Kellogg, Idaho, claimed the lives of 91 workers who succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning. In 1982, the Weather Channel made its debut. Ten years ago: Yasser Arafat emerged from his West Bank headquarters, hours after Israeli troops withdrew from his compound and released the Palestinian leader from months of confinement. The Rev. Paul Shanley, a priest at the epicenter of the clergy sex abuse scandal, turned himself in to authorities in San Diego to face charges in Massachu- setts of raping boys during the 1980s. Five years ago: In a defeat for anti-war Democrats, Con- BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake gress failed to override President George W. Bush's veto of legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. In a speech to construction contractors in Washington, President Bush declared al-Qaida ''public enemy no. 1 in Iraq.'' BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker One year ago: During a somber ceremony in the White House East Room, President Barack Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor posthumously on two Army privates — Anthony T. Kaho'ohanohano of Pukalani, Hawaii, and Henry Svehla of Belleville, N.J. — who had given their lives in the Korean War. Today's Birthdays: Actor Theodore Bikel is 88. Singer Engelbert Humperdinck is 76. Actress and political activist Bianca Jagger is 67. Country singer R.C. Bannon is 67. Singer Lesley Gore is 66. Actor David Suchet is 66. Singer- songwriter Larry Gatlin is 64. Rock singer Lou Gramm (Foreigner) is 62. Actress Christine Baranski is 60. Singer Angela Bofill is 58. Movie director Stephen Daldry (''The Reader'') is 52. Actress Elizabeth Berridge is 50. Country singer Ty Herndon is 50. Rock musician Todd Sucherman (Styx) is 43. Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson is 40. Soccer player David Beckham is 37. Actress Jenna Von Oy is 35. Actress Ellie Kemper is 32. Actor Robert Buckley is 31. Actor Gaius Charles is 29. Pop singer Lily Allen is 27. Olympic gold medal figure skater Sarah Hughes is 27. Rock musician Jim Almgren (Carolina Liar) is 26. Actress Kay Panabaker is 22. Thought for Today: ''What experience and history teach is this: that people and governments have never learned anything from history.'' — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel German philosopher (1770-1831). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP