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4B Daily News – Wednesday, June 27, 2012 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, June 27, the 179th day of 2012. There are 187 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: DILBERT® By Scott Adams On June 27, 1942, the FBI announced the arrests of eight Nazi saboteurs who had been put ashore in Florida and Long Island, N.Y. (All were tried and sentenced to death; six were executed while two were spared for having turned them- selves in and cooperating with U.S. authorities.) On this date: work on his six-volume work, ''The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.'' In 1787, English historian Edward Gibbon completed In 1844, Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed by a mob in Carthage, Ill. In 1846, New York and Boston were linked by telegraph wires. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1893, the New York stock market crashed. In 1922, the first Newberry Medal, recognizing excel- lence in children's literature, was awarded in Detroit to ''The Story of Mankind'' by Hendrik Willem van Loon. In 1944, during World War II, American forces liberated the French port of Cherbourg from the Germans. In 1950, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution calling on member nations to help South Korea repel an invasion from the North. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1957, more than 500 people were killed when Hurri- cane Audrey slammed through coastal Louisiana and Texas. In 1972, the video game company Atari, Inc., was found- ed by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in Santa Clara, Calif. In 1977, the Supreme Court struck down state laws and bar association rules that prohibited lawyers from advertis- ing their fees for routine services. In 1985, the legendary Route 66, which originally stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., passed into history as officials decertified the road. In 1991, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake first black to sit on the nation's highest court, announced his retirement. (His departure led to the contentious nomination of Clarence Thomas to succeed him.) Ten years ago: In a landmark church-state decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that tuition vouchers were constitutional. The Group of Eight nations concluded a two- day summit in Alberta, Canada, by announcing aid pack- ages for Russia and Africa. John Entwistle, the bass player who'd co-founded The Who, was found dead in a Las Vegas hotel room; he was 57. Five years ago: Former Treasury chief Gordon Brown became British prime minister, succeeding Tony Blair. In her first televised interview since being released from cus- tody, a demure Paris Hilton told CNN's Larry King she would never again drink and drive and that her time in jail was ''a time-out in life.'' One year ago: Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted by a federal jury in Chicago of a wide range of corruption charges, including the allegation that he'd tried to sell or trade President Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat. (Blagojevich was later sentenced to 14 years in prison.) International judges ordered the arrest of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi for murdering civilians. Venus and Serena Williams were eliminated in the fourth round of Wimbledon, the first time in five years that neither sister advanced to the quarter- finals at the All England Club. Today's Birthdays: Business executive Ross Perot is 82. BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is 74. Singer-musi- cian Bruce Johnston (The Beach Boys) is 70. Fashion designer Vera Wang is 63. Actress Julia Duffy is 61. Actress Isabelle Adjani is 57. Country singer Lorrie Morgan is 53. Actor Brian Drillinger is 52. Writer-producer-director J.J. Abrams is 46. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., is 44. Olympic gold and bronze medal figure skater Viktor Petrenko is 43. TV personality Jo Frost (TV: ''Supernanny'') is 42. Actor Yancey Arias is 41. Actor Christian Kane is 38. Actor Tobey Maguire is 37. Gospel singer Leigh Nash is 36. Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian is 28. Actor Drake Bell is 26. Thought for Today: ''Conversation enriches the under- standing, but solitude is the school of genius.'' — Edward Gibbon, English historian (1737-1794). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP