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4B Daily News – Wednesday, May 16, 2012 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, May 16, the 137th day of 2012. There are 229 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 16, 1868, the U.S. Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on the eleven articles of impeachment against him. On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1770, Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15. In 1866, Congress authorized minting of the first five- cent piece, also known as the ''Shield nickel.'' In 1910, the U.S Bureau of Mines was established. (It ceased operations in 1996, its functions having been trans- ferred to other agencies.) In 1920, Joan of Arc was canonized by Pope Benedict XV. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1763, the English lexicographer, author and wit Samuel Johnson first met his future biographer, James Boswell. movie ''Wings'' won ''best production,'' while Emil Jan- nings (YAHN'-ings) and Janet Gaynor were named best actor and best actress. In 1939, the government began its first food stamp pro- gram in Rochester, N.Y. In 1948, CBS News correspondent George Polk, who'd In 1929, the first Academy Awards were presented. The been covering the Greek civil war between Communist and nationalist forces, was found slain in Solonica Harbor. In 1955, American author and critic James Agee died in New York at age 45. In 1961, Park Chung-hee seized power in South Korea in a military coup. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. In 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour completed its maid- In 1975, Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first en voyage with a safe landing in the California desert. Ten years ago: Congressional Democrats demanded to be told what President George W. Bush knew about terror- ist threats before Sept. 11 as the White House and its GOP allies defended the president for not disclosing intelligence that Osama bin Laden wanted to hijack U.S. airplanes. The remains of kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl were unearthed in Pakistan. Five years ago: Anti-war Democrats in the Senate failed in an attempt to cut off funds for the Iraq war. Britain's army reversed course and announced that Prince Harry would not be sent to Iraq with his regiment due to ''specific threats'' from insurgents. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker One year ago: A judge in New York refused to release on bail the chief of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was accused of trying to rape a hotel maid. (The charges against Strauss-Kahn were later dropped.) The Vatican told bishops around the world it was important to cooperate with police in reporting priests who'd raped and molested children and asked them to devel- op guidelines for preventing sex abuse; however, victims groups immediately denounced the recommendations as ''dangerously flawed.'' Today's Birthdays: Actor George Gaynes is 95. Actor Harry Carey Jr. is 91. Jazz musician Billy Cobham is 68. Actor Bill Smitrovich is 65. Actor Pierce Brosnan is 59. Actress Debra Winger is 57. Olympic gold medal gymnast Olga Korbut is 57. Actress Mare Winningham is 53. Rock musician Boyd Tinsley (The Dave Matthews Band) is 48. Rock musician Krist Novoselic (noh-voh-SEL'-ik) is 47. Singer Janet Jackson is 46. Country singer Scott Reeves (Blue County) is 46. Actor Brian (BREE'-un) F. O'Byrne is 45. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ralph Tresvant (New Edition) is 44. Actor David Boreanaz is 43. Actress Tracey Gold is 43. Country singer Rick Trevino is 41. Thought for Today: ''Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor; in short, for a sort of life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying.'' — Studs Terkel, American author and historian (born this date in 1912, died 2008). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP