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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Friday, June 22, 2012 – Daily News 3B Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Friday, June 22, the 174th day of 2012. There are 192 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: DILBERT® By Scott Adams several other people were set adrift in present-day Hudson Bay by mutineers aboard the Discovery; their fate remains unknown. On June 22, 1912, the Republican National Convention in Chicago nominated President William Howard Taft and Vice President James Sherman for second terms of office (however, Sherman died just days before the election, which Taft lost to Woodrow Wilson). On this date: In 1611, English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and ated. In 1870, the United States Department of Justice was cre- In 1911, Britain's King George V was crowned at West- minster Abbey. In 1937, Joe Louis began his reign as world heavyweight boxing champion by knocking out Jim Braddock in the eighth round of their fight in Chicago. In 1938, Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in the GARFIELD® By Jim Davis first round of their rematch at Yankee Stadium. In 1940, during World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stun- ning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris. In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Ser- vicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, more popularly known as the ''GI Bill of Rights.'' In 1969, singer-actress Judy Garland died in London at age 47. attorney general to go to prison as he began serving a sen- tence for his role in the Watergate cover-up. (He was released 19 months later.) In 1987, actor-dancer Fred Astaire died in Los Angeles at In 1977, John N. Mitchell became the first former U.S. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins age 88. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake Paul, unanimously ruled that ''hate crime'' laws that ban cross burning and similar expressions of racial bias violated free-speech rights. Ten years ago: An earthquake in northwestern Iran killed roughly 250 people. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile was found dead in the team's Chicago hotel; he was 33. Five years ago: Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely, ending a two-week mission to deliver an addition to the international space station and bringing home crew member Sunita ''Suni'' Williams, who'd set an endurance record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman at 195 days. Guy Vander Jagt, a 13-term Republican congressman from Michigan, died in Washington at age 75. One year ago: President Barack Obama announced he In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court, in R.A.V. v. City of St. BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker would pull home 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by the fol- lowing summer. Today's Birthdays: Actor Ralph Waite is 84. Singer- actor Kris Kristofferson is 76. Movie director John Korty is 76. Actor Michael Lerner is 71. Broadcast journalist Brit Hume is 69. Singer Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon) is 68. Actor Andrew Rubin is 66. Actor David L. Lander is 65. Singer Howard ''Eddie'' Kaylan is 65. Singer-musician Todd Rundgren is 64. Actress Meryl Streep is 63. Actress Lindsay Wagner is 63. Singer Alan Osmond is 63. Actor Murphy Cross is 62. Actor Graham Greene is 60. Pop singer Cyndi Lauper is 59. Actor Chris Lemmon is 58. Rock musi- cian Derek Forbes is 56. Actor Tim Russ is 56. Rock musi- cian Garry Beers (INXS) is 55. Actor-producer-writer Bruce Campbell is 54. Rock musician Alan Anton (Cowboy Junkies) is 53. Actress Tracy Pollan is 52. Environmental activist Erin Brockovich is 52. Rock singer-musician Jimmy Somerville is 51. Author Dan Brown (''The Da Vinci Code'') is 48. Rock singer-musician Mike Edwards (Jesus Jones) is 48. Rock singer Steven Page is 42. Actor Michael Trucco is 42. TV personality Carson Daly is 39. Country musician Jimmy Wallace is 39. Thought for Today: ''There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side: the fear of a defeat on the useful side.'' — Alfred Adler, Austraian psychother- apist (1870-1937). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP