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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Friday, August 3, 2012 – Daily News 3B Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Aug. 3, the 216th day of 2012. There are 150 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that took him to the present-day Americas. DILBERT® By Scott Adams On this date: In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr went on trial before a federal court in Richmond, Va., charged with trea- son. (He was acquitted less than a month later.) In 1914, Germany declared war on France at the onset of In 1921, baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Lan- dis refused to reinstate the former Chicago White Sox play- ers implicated in the ''Black Sox'' scandal, despite their acquittals in a jury trial. World War I. In 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics as he took the 100-meter sprint. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1943, Gen. George S. Patton slapped a private at an army hospital in Sicily, accusing him of cowardice. (Patton was later ordered by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to apolo- gize for this and a second, similar episode.) In 1949, the National Basketball Association was formed as a merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League. In 1958, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater. In 1960, the African country of Niger (nee-ZHEHR') achieved full independence from French rule. In 1966, comedian Lenny Bruce, 40, was found dead in his Los Angeles home. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. (The U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the treaty in 2002.) In 1981, U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike, despite In 1972, the U.S. Senate ratified the Anti-Ballistic Missile a warning from President Ronald Reagan they would be fired, which they were. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake In 1987, the Iran-Contra congressional hearings ended, with none of the 29 witnesses tying President Ronald Reagan directly to the diversion of arms-sales profits to Nicaraguan rebels. Ten years ago: Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian declared in a speech that Taiwan was ''not someone else's province'' but rather an independent country separate from China. (Chen's comments sparked an uproar both in China and at home, prompting him to back away from his pointed rhetoric.) Five years ago: Toyota said its April-June 2007 profit had jumped 32.3 percent to a record high for a quarter, lifted by strong overseas sales and a weaker yen. One year ago: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak denied all charges against him as he went on trial for alleged corruption and complicity in the deaths of protesters who'd helped drive him from power. (Mubarak was later convicted of failing to stop the killing of protesters and was sentenced to life in prison, but was acquitted of the corruption charges.) The Muscular Dystrophy Association announced that Jerry Today's Birthdays: Author P.D. James is 92. Singer Gor- BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker don Stoker (The Jordanaires) is 88. Football Hall-of-Fame coach Marv Levy is 87. Singer Tony Bennett is 86. Actor Martin Sheen is 72. College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Lance Alworth is 72. Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is 71. Singer Beverly Lee (The Shirelles) is 71. Rock musician B.B. Dickerson is 63. Movie director John Landis is 62. Actor Jay North (''Dennis the Menace'') is 61. Hockey Hall- of-Famer Marcel Dionne is 61. Country musician Randy Scruggs is 59. Rock singer-musician Lee Rocker (The Stray Cats) is 51. Rock singer James Hetfield (Metallica) is 49. Rock singer-musician Ed Roland (Collective Soul) is 49. Rock musician Stephen Carpenter (Deftones) is 42. Hip-hop artist Spinderella (Salt-N-Pepa) is 41. NFL quarterback Tom Brady is 35. Thought for Today: ''Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.'' — Alexander Woollcott, American critic (1887-1943). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP