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6B Daily News – Saturday, May 26, 2012 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press DILBERT® By Scott Adams Today is Saturday, May 26, the 147th day of 2012. There are 219 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On May 26, 1942, the U.S. War Department formally established the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) during World War II as a way of boosting morale among American troops overseas. That same day, Radio Tokyo boasted of recent victories in the Pacific War and declared that ''the Japanese people can look forward to a triumphal march into London and a victory march in New York.'' The Tule (TOO'-lee) Lake Segregation Center, which held Japanese- American wartime internees, opened in northern California. On this date: Worms (vohrms) because of his religious beliefs and writ- ings. In 1521, Martin Luther was banned by the Edict of In 1868, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal on the remaining charges. In 1938, the House Un-American Activities Committee GARFIELD® By Jim Davis was established by Congress. In 1940, the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II. In 1941, the American Flag House, where Betsy Ross once lived, was donated to the city of Philadelphia. In 1952, representatives of the United States, Britain, France and West Germany signed the Bonn Convention granting conditional sovereignty to, and ending the Allied occupation of, West Germany. the Soviets of hiding a microphone inside a wood carving of the Great Seal of the United States that had been presented to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. In 1960, U.N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge accused In 1969, the Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth after a successful eight-day dress rehearsal for the first manned moon landing. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow. (The U.S. withdrew from the treaty in 2002.) In 1981, 14 people were killed when a Marine jet crashed onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker officer of Adobe Systems Inc., was kidnapped in the com- pany's parking lot in Mountain View, Calif., and held for ransom. (Geschke was rescued four days later; his kidnap- pers were arrested.) Ten years ago: Fourteen people were killed when barges being pushed by a towboat crashed into the piers of the Inter- state 40 bridge in Oklahoma, causing part of the structure to fall into the Arkansas River. Five years ago: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and American commander Gen. David Petraeus flew to Iraq's blistering western desert in a rare joint outing to high- light gains there in the fight against insurgents. One year ago: Congress passed a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers contained in the Patriot Act to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists; President Barack Obama, in France, signed the measure using an autopen machine minutes before the provisions were set to expire at midnight. Today's Birthdays: Actor Alec McCowen is 87. Sports- caster Brent Musberger is 73. Country musician Gates Nichols (Confederate Railroad) is 68. Rock musician Garry Peterson (Guess Who) is 67. Singer Stevie Nicks is 64. Actress Pam Grier is 63. Actor Philip Michael Thomas is 63. Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 63. Former astronaut Sally K. Ride is 61. Actress Margaret Colin is 55. Country singer-songwriter Dave Robbins is 53. Actor Doug Hutchi- son is 52. Actress Genie Francis is 50. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 50. Singer Lenny Kravitz is 48. Actress Hele- na Bonham Carter is 46. Rock musician Phillip Rhodes is 44. Actor Joseph Fiennes (FYNZ) is 42. Singer Joey Kibble (Take 6) is 41. Actor-producer-writer Matt Stone is 41. Con- temporary Christian musician Nathan Cochran is 34. Thought for Today: ''I am never afraid of what I know.'' — Anna Sewell, English author (1820-1878). In 1992, Charles Geschke, president and chief operating HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP