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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Tuesday, May 22, 2012 – Daily News 5B Today in History The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, May 22, the 143rd day of 2012. There are 223 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: DILBERT® By Scott Adams to the Soviet Union, during which he and Kremlin leaders signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. On this date: In 1761, the first American life insurance policy was issued in Philadelphia to a Rev. Francis Allison, whose pre- mium was six pounds per year. In 1860, the United States and Japan exchanged ratifica- tions of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce during a cere- mony in Washington. On May 22, 1972, President Richard Nixon began a visit In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared before Congress to explain his decision to veto a bill that would have allowed World War I veterans to cash in bonus certificates before their 1945 due date. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1960, an earthquake of magnitude 9.5, the strongest on record, struck southern Chile, claiming some 1,655 lives. In 1962, Continental Airlines Flight 11, en route from Chicago to Kansas City, Mo., crashed after a bomb appar- ently brought on board by a passenger exploded, killing all 45 occupants of the Boeing 707. In 1968, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, sank in the Atlantic Ocean. (The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores.) SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins Stafford and Eugene Cernan aboard, flew to within nine miles of the moon's surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing. In 1969, the lunar module of Apollo 10, with Thomas P. In 1972, the island nation of Ceylon became the republic of Sri Lanka. In 1981 "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe was convicted in London of murdering 13 women and was sentenced to life in prison. In 1992, after a reign lasting nearly 30 years, Johnny Car- son hosted NBC's "Tonight Show" for the last time. Ten years ago: A jury in Birmingham, Ala., convicted for- BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake mer Ku Klux Klansman Bobby Frank Cherry of murder in a 1963 church bombing that killed four black girls. (Cherry, sentenced to life, died in a prison hospital in 2004.) Five years ago: British prosecutors accused former KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi of murder in the radioactive poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko. (Russia, however, has refused to extradite Lugovoi.) Joachim von Ribbentrop and Galeazzo Ciano, signed a "Pact of Steel" committing the two countries to a military alliance. In 1947, the Truman Doctrine was enacted as Congress appropriated military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey. In 1939, the foreign ministers of Germany and Italy, BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker One year ago: A tornado devastated Joplin, Mo., with winds up to 250 mph, claiming at least 159 lives and destroy- ing about 8,000 homes and businesses. Today's Birthdays: Movie reviewer Judith Crist is 90. Singer Charles Aznavour is 88. Actor Michael Constantine is 85. Conductor Peter Nero is 78. Actor-director Richard Ben- jamin is 74. Actor Frank Converse is 74. Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw is 72. Actress Barbara Parkins is 70. Songwriter Bernie Taupin is 62. Actor-producer Al Corley is 56. Singer Morrissey is 53. Actress Ann Cusack is 51. Coun- try musician Dana Williams (Diamond Rio) is 51. Rock musician Jesse Valenzuela is 50. Actor Mark Christopher Lawrence is 48. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney is 47. Rhythm-and-blues singer Johnny Gill (New Edition) is 46. Rock musician Dan Roberts (Crash Test Dummies) is 45. Actress Brooke Smith is 45. Model Naomi Campbell is 42. Actress Anna Belknap is 40. Actress Alison Eastwood is 40. Singer Donell Jones is 39. Actor Sean Gunn is 38. Actress A.J. Langer is 38. Actress Ginnifer Goodwin is 34. Actress Maggie Q is 33. Olympic gold-medal speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno is 30. Thought for Today: "Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals." — Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, American religious leader (1895- 1979). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP