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February 13, 2010

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FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne GARFIELD® By Jim Davis DILBERT® By Scott Adams RUBES® By Leigh Rubin By Mort Walker BEETLE BAILEY® ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2010. There are 321 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 13th, 1935, a jury in Flemington, N.J. found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree mur- der in the kidnap-slaying of the son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (Hauptmann was later executed.) On this date: In 1542, the fifth wife of England's King Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, was executed for adultery. In 1741, Andrew Bradford of Pennsylvania published the first American magazine. Titled ''The American Mag- azine, or A Monthly View of the Political State of the British Colonies,'' it lasted three issues. In 1914, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, known as ASCAP, was founded in New York. In 1920, the League of Nations recognized the per- petual neutrality of Switzerland. In 1939, Justice Louis D. Brandeis retired from the U.S. Supreme Court. (He was succeeded by William O. Douglas.) In 1945, during World War II, Allied planes began bombing the German city of Dresden. The Soviets cap- tured Budapest, Hungary, from the Germans. In 1960, France exploded its first atomic bomb, in the Sahara Desert. In 1980, the 13th Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, N.Y. In 1984, Konstantin Chernenko (chehr-NYEN'-koh) was chosen to be general secretary of the Soviet Com- munist Party's Central Committee, succeeding the late Yuri Andropov. In 1988, the 15th winter Olympics opened in Cal- gary, Alberta, Canada. Ten years ago: Charles Schulz's final ''Peanuts'' strip ran in Sunday newspapers, the day after the cartoon- ist died in his sleep at his California home at age 77. Tiger Woods saw his streak of six consecutive victo- ries come to an end as he fell short to Phil Mickelson in the Buick Invitational. Five years ago: Final results showed clergy-backed Shiites (SHEE'-eyetz) and independence-minded Kurds had swept to victory in Iraq's landmark elections. Ray Charles' final album, ''Genius Loves Company,'' won eight Grammy awards. The AFC won the Pro Bowl, defeat- ing the NFC 38-27. One year ago: A $787 billion stimulus bill aimed at easing the worst economic crisis in decades cleared both houses of Congress. Peanut Corp. of America, the peanut processing company at the heart of a national salmo- nella outbreak, filed for bankruptcy. A female suicide bomber targeted Shiite pilgrims in Musayyib, Iraq, killing at least 40. Today's Birthdays: Former test pilot Charles E. ''Chuck'' Yeager is 87. Actress Kim Novak is 77. Actor George Segal is 76. Actress Carol Lynley is 68. Singer- musician Peter Tork (The Monkees) is 68. Actress Stockard Channing is 66. Talk show host Jerry Springer is 66. Actor Bo Svenson is 66. Singer Peter Gabriel is 60. Actor David Naughton is 59. Rock musician Peter Hook is 54. Actor Matt Salinger is 50. Singer Henry Rollins is 49. Actor Neal McDonough is 44. Singer Freedom Williams is 44. Actress Kelly Hu is 42. Rock musician Todd Harrell (3 Doors Down) is 38. Singer Robbie Williams is 36. Rhythm-and-blues performer Natalie Stewart (Floetry) is 31. Actress Mena Suvari (MEE'- nuh soo-VAHR'-ee) is 31. Thought for Today: ''To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can have.'' — Theodore H. White, American polit- ical writer (1915-1986). Today in History ALLEY OOP Saturday, February 13, 2010 – Daily News – 5B

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