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4B Daily News – Tuesday, May 8, 2012 PEANUTS® MONDAY COMICS By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Monday, May 7, the 128th day of 2012. There are 238 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 7, 1812, English poet Robert Browning was born in London. DILBERT® By Scott Adams On this date: In 1789, the first inaugural ball was held in New York in honor of President George Washington and his wife, Martha. In 1824, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, had its premiere in Vienna. In 1915, nearly 1,200 people died when a German torpe- do sank the British liner RMS Lusitania off the Irish coast. In 1941, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra recorded ''Chat- tanooga Choo Choo'' for RCA Victor. In 1942, U.S. Army Gen. Jonathan Wainwright went on a Manila radio station to announce the Allied surrender of the Philippines to Japanese forces during World War II. In 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims (rams), France, ending its role in World War II. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1963, the United States launched the Telstar 2 commu- nications satellite. In 1954, the 55-day Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam ended with Vietnamese insurgents overrunning French forces. In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford formally declared an end to the ''Vietnam era.'' In Ho Chi Minh City — formerly Saigon — the Viet Cong celebrated its takeover. In 1977, Seattle Slew won the Kentucky Derby, the first of his Triple Crown victories. In 1984, a $180 million out-of-court settlement was announced in the Agent Orange class-action suit brought by Vietnam veterans who charged they'd suffered injury from exposure to the defoliant. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake In 1992, the latest addition to America's space shuttle fleet, Endeavour, went on its first flight. A 203-year-old pro- posed constitutional amendment barring Congress from giv- ing itself a midterm pay raise received enough votes for rati- fication as Michigan became the 38th state to approve it. Ten years ago: Authorities arrested 21-year-old college student Luke J. Helder in a series of rural mailbox bombings that left six people wounded in Illinois and Iowa. (Helder was later found incompetent to stand trial, but remains incarcerat- ed.) A China Northern Airlines jetliner crashed into the Yel- low Sea, killing 112 people; Chinese authorities later blamed a saboteur who'd set a fire on board. An EgyptAir jetliner with 62 people aboard crashed in Tunisia, killing 14. Fifteen Israelis were killed by a suicide bomber at a pool hall in sub- urban Tel Aviv. Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew died at age 28, 25 years to the day after his victory in the Kentucky Derby. Five years ago: President George W. Bush welcomed BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker Britain's Queen Elizabeth II to the White House, drawing laughter when he mistakenly started to say that the queen had helped the U.S. celebrate its bicentennial in ''1776,'' then quickly corrected himself to say ''1976.'' One year ago: The U.S. released a handful of videos seized from Osama bin Laden's hideout showing the terrorist leader watching news- casts of himself amid shabby surroundings. Today's Birthdays: Former Sen. Pete Domenici, R- N.M., is 80. Singer Jimmy Ruffin is 73. Actress Robin Strasser is 67. Singer-songwriter Bill Danoff is 66. Rhythm- and-blues singer Thelma Houston is 66. Rock musician Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead) is 66. Rock musician Prairie Prince is 62. Movie writer-director Amy Heckerling is 60. Actor Michael E. Knight is 53. Rock musician Phil Camp- bell (Motorhead) is 51. Country musician Rick Schell is 49. Rock singer-musician Chris O'Connor (Primitive Radio Gods) is 47. Actress Traci Lords is 44. Singer Eagle-Eye Cherry is 41. Actor Breckin Meyer is 38. Rock musician Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys) is 26. Actor Taylor Abra- hamse is 21. Thought for Today: ''There are those who believe some- thing, and therefore will tolerate nothing; and on the other hand, those who tolerate everything, because they believe nothing.'' — Robert Browning (1812-1889). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP