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4B Daily News – Friday, May 18, 2012 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Friday, May 18, the 139th day of 2012. There are 227 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 18, 1926, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson DILBERT® By Scott Adams vanished while visiting a beach in Venice, Calif. (McPherson reappeared more than a month later, saying she'd escaped after being kidnapped and held for ransom, an account that was greeted with skepticism in some quarters.) On this date: In 1642, the Canadian city of Montreal was founded by French colonists. fire. In 1012, Theophylact, son of Gregory, Count of Tuscu- lum, became Pope Benedict VIII, succeeding Pope Sergius IV. In 1765, about one-fourth of Montreal was destroyed by a In 1896, the Supreme Court, in Plessy v. Ferguson, endorsed ''separate but equal'' racial segregation, a concept renounced 58 years later in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis its tail. movie writer-director Richard Brooks (''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof''; ''Elmer Gantry''; ''In Cold Blood'') was born in Philadelphia. In 1910, Halley's Comet passed by earth, brushing it with In 1912, singer Perry Como was born in Canonsburg, Pa.; In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a mea- sure creating the Tennessee Valley Authority. In 1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier as she piloted a Canadair F-86 Sabre jet over Rogers Dry Lake, Calif. Stafford and John W. Young blasted off aboard Apollo 10 on a mission to orbit the moon. In 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing. In 1982, a jury in New York City convicted the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder and leader of the Unification Church, of tax evasion and conspiracy. (Moon served 13 months in prison.) In 1969, astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Thomas P. In 1991, Helen Sharman became the first Briton to rocket into space as she flew aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft with two cosmonauts on an eight-day mission to the Mir space station. Ten years ago: India and Pakistan exchanged fire across their shared border, renewing fears the countries were on the brink of another war over the Himalayan region of Kashmir. Five years ago: The White House and Congress failed to BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake strike a deal after exchanging competing offers on an Iraq war spending bill that Democrats said should set a date for U.S. troops to leave. BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker One year ago: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, resigned, saying he wanted to devote all his energy to battling the sexual assault charges he faced in New York. (The charges were later dropped.) Today's Birthdays: Actor Bill Macy is 90. Hall-of-Fame sportscaster Jack Whitaker is 88. Actor Robert Morse is 81. Actor Dwayne Hickman is 78. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Brooks Robinson is 75. Bluegrass singer-musician Rodney Dillard (The Dillards) is 70. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson is 66. Actress Candice Azzara is 65. Country singer Joe Bonsall (The Oak Ridge Boys) is 64. Rock musician Rick Wakeman (Yes) is 63. Actor James Stephens is 61. Country singer George Strait is 60. Rhythm-and-blues singer Butch Tavares (Tavares) is 59. Actor Chow Yun-Fat is 57. Rock singer-musician Page Hamilton is 52. Contemporary Christian musician Barry Graul (MercyMe) is 51. Singer- actress Martika is 43. Comedian-writer Tina Fey is 42. Rap- per Special Ed is 38. Rock singer Jack Johnson is 37. Rhythm-and-blues singer Darryl Allen (Mista) is 32. Actor Matt Long is 32. Christian-rock musician Kevin Huguley (Rush of Fools) is 30. Actor Spencer Breslin is 20. Thought for Today: ''Never do anything you wouldn't want to explain to the paramedics.'' — Author unknown. HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP