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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Tuesday, June 26, 2012 – Daily News 5B Today in History By The Associated Press DILBERT® By Scott Adams Today is Tuesday, June 26, the 178th day of 2012. There are 188 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 26, 1912, Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 9 in D major premiered in Vienna more than a year after the composer's death; Bruno Walter conducted the Vienna Phil- harmonic Orchestra. On this date: (he was crowned the following month at Westminster Abbey). In 1483, Richard III began his reign as King of England In 1870, the first section of Atlantic City, N.J.'s Board- walk was opened to the public. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1911, John J. McDermott became the first American- born golf player to win the U.S. Open, played in Chicago. In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for a second term of office by delegates to the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia. In 1945, the charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco. In 1948, the Berlin Airlift began in earnest after the Sovi- et Union cut off land and water routes to the isolated west- ern sector of Berlin. In 1973, former White House counsel John W. Dean told the Senate Watergate Committee about an ''enemies list'' kept by the Nixon White House. In 1987, Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. announced his retirement, leaving a vacancy that was filled by Anthony M. Kennedy. Force and Navy to enter the Korean conflict. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he famously declared, ''Ich bin ein Berliner'' (I am a Berliner). In 1950, President Harry S. Truman authorized the Air SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1988, three people were killed when a new Airbus A320 jetliner carrying more than 130 people crashed into a forest during a demonstration at an air show in Mulhouse France. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker ''no-new-taxes'' campaign pledge, conceding that tax increases would have to be included in any deficit-reduction package worked out with congressional negotiators. Ten years ago: The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools was unconstitutional because the words ''under God'' had been inserted by Congress in 1954. (The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the decision in 2004 on a technicality.) Five years ago: Conservative commentator Ann Coulter, appearing on MSNBC's ''Hardball,'' got into a verbal fracas with Elizabeth Edwards, who had called into the program to ask Coulter to stop making personal attacks on her husband, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. Paris Hilton left the Los Angeles County jail after a bizarre, three- week stay for a probation violation. One year ago: New York City's gay pride parade turned into a carnival-like celebration of same-sex marriage as hun- dreds of thousands of revelers rejoiced at the state's new law giving gay couples the same marital rights as everyone else. Today's Birthdays: Actress Eleanor Parker is 90. Jazz musician-film composer Dave Grusin is 78. Actor Josef Sommer is 78. Singer Billy Davis Jr. is 72. Rock singer Georgie Fame is 69. Actor Clive Francis is 66. Rhythm-and- blues singer Brenda Holloway is 66. Actor Michael Paul Chan is 62. Actor Robert Davi is 61. Singer-musician Mick Jones is 57. Actor Gedde Watanabe is 57. Rock singer Chris Isaak is 56. Rock singer Patty Smyth is 55. Singer Terri Nunn (Berlin) is 51. Rock singer Harriet Wheeler (The Sun- days) is 49. Rock musician Colin Greenwood (Radiohead) is 43. Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson is 42. Actor Sean Hayes is 42. Actor Matt Letscher is 42. Actor Chris O'Donnell is 42. Actor Nick Offerman is 42. Actress Rebec- ca Budig is 39. MLB All-Star player Derek Jeter is 38. Country singer Gretchen Wilson is 38. Thought for Today: ''You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea.'' — Pearl S. Buck, American author (born this date in 1892, died in 1973). In 1990, President George H.W. Bush went back on his HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP