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4B Daily News – Tuesday, July 17, 2012 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, July 17, the 199th day of 2012. There are 167 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 17, 1862, during the Civil War, Congress DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1812, British forces captured Fort Michilimackinac on Mackinac Island during the War of 1812. In 1821, Spain ceded Florida to the United States. In 1912, radio and television personality Art Linkletter On this date: was born Gordon Arthur Kelly in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. executed by the Bolsheviks. In 1936, the Spanish Civil War began as right-wing army generals launched a coup attempt against the Second Span- ish Republic. In 1918, Russia's Czar Nicholas II and his family were GARFIELD® By Jim Davis approved the Second Confiscation Act, which declared that all slaves taking refuge behind Union lines were to be set free. In 1944, during World War II, 320 men, two-thirds of them African-Americans, were killed when a pair of ammu- nition ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California. Calif. In 1955, Disneyland had its opening day in Anaheim, In 1962, the United States conducted its last atmospheric nuclear test to date, detonating a 20-kiloton device, code- named Little Feller I, at the Nevada Test Site. In 1975, an Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit in the first superpower link-up of its kind. In 1981, 114 people were killed when a pair of suspend- SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins ed walkways above the lobby of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed during a tea dance. In 1987, the science-fiction film "RoboCop" was released by Orion Pictures. In 1996, TWA Flight 800, a Europe-bound Boeing 747, exploded and crashed off Long Island, N.Y., shortly after leaving John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 230 people aboard. Ten years ago: A double suicide bombing in Tel Aviv BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker killed two foreign workers and one Israeli. In Britain, a one- day strike by 750,000 municipal employees closed schools, libraries and recreation centers in their first national walkout in more than two decades. Five years ago: Senate Democrats launched an all-night debate on the Iraq war. VA Secretary Jim Nicholson abrupt- ly resigned in the wake of charges of shoddy health care for veterans injured in the Iraq war. A Brazilian passenger jet crashed while landing in Sao Paulo, Brazil, killing all 187 people aboard and 12 on the ground. Atlanta Falcons quar- terback Michael Vick was indicted by a federal grand jury in Richmond, Va., on charges related to competitive dogfight- ing. (Vick later admitted bankrolling the dogfighting opera- tion and helping to kill six to eight dogs; he served 23 months in federal custody, the last 60 days in home confine- ment.) The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 14,000 for the first time before ending the day at 13,971.55. One year ago: Japan won the Women's World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany, stunning the United States 3-1 in a penalty shootout after coming from behind twice in a 2-2 tie. Today's Birthdays: Comedian Phyllis Diller is 95. Jazz singer Jimmy Scott is 87. Actor Donald Sutherland is 77. Actress-singer Diahann Carroll is 77. Rock musician Spencer Davis is 70. Rock musician Terry "Geezer" Butler is 63. Actress Lucie Arnaz is 61. Actor David Hasselhoff is 60. Rock musician Fran Smith Jr. (The Hooters) is 60. Tele- vision producer Mark Burnett ("Survivor," ''The Appren- tice") is 52. Actress Nancy Giles is 52. Singer Regina Belle is 49. Country singer Craig Morgan is 48. Rock musician Lou Barlow is 46. Contemporary Christian singer Susan Ashton is 45. Actor Andre Royo is 44. Actress Bitty Schram is 44. Actor Jason Clarke is 43. Singer JC (PM Dawn) is 41. Rapper Sole' is 39. Country singer Luke Bryan is 36. Thought for Today: "Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out." — Art Linkletter (1912-2010). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP

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