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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Tuesday, August 14, 2012 – Daily News 3B Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Aug. 14, the 227th day of 2012. There are 139 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: DILBERT® By Scott Adams On Aug. 14, 1962, robbers held up a U.S. mail truck in Plymouth, Mass., making off with more than $1.5 million; the loot has never been recovered. On this date: In 1848, the Oregon Territory was created. In 1908, a race riot erupted in Springfield, Ill., as a white In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. mob began setting black-owned homes and businesses on fire; at least two blacks and five whites were killed in the vio- lence. In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic Char- ter, a statement of principles that renounced aggression. In 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis were the first Olympic games held since 1936. In 1951, newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, 88, died in Beverly Hills, Calif. In 1947, Pakistan became independent of British rule. In 1948, the Summer Olympics in London ended; they vene in sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics. In 1969, British troops went to Northern Ireland to inter- would begin emergency airlifts of food to Somalia to allevi- ate mass deaths by starvation. Federal judge John J. Sirica, who had presided over the Watergate trials, died in Wash- ington at age 88. In 1973, U.S. bombing of Cambodia came to a halt. In 1992, the White House announced that the Pentagon SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1997, an unrepentant Timothy McVeigh was formally sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing. Ten years ago: Mexican President Vicente Fox angrily canceled a scheduled meeting with President George W. Bush hours after Texas executed Javier Suarez Medina, a Mexican national, for killing Dallas police officer Lawrence Cadena. Pop artist pioneer Larry Rivers died in Southamp- ton, N.Y., at age 78. Five years ago: Teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan trans- formed the space shuttle Endeavour and space station into a classroom for her first educational session from orbit, ful- filling the legacy of Christa McAuliffe, who died in the Challenger disaster. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker (''Bye Bye Birdie'') is 88. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Russell Baker is 87. Singer Buddy Greco is 86. Baseball Hall of Fame coach Earl Weaver is 82. College Football Hall of Famer John Brodie is 77. Singer Dash Crofts is 74. Rock singer David Crosby is 71. Country singer Connie Smith is 71. Comedian-actor Steve Martin is 67. Actor Antonio Fargas is 66. Singer-musician Larry Graham is 66. Actress Susan Saint James is 66. Actor David Schramm is 66. Author Danielle Steel is 65. Rock singer-musician Terry Adams (NRBQ) is 62. ''Far Side'' cartoonist Gary Larson is 62. Actor Carl Lumbly is 61. Olympic gold medal swimmer Debbie Meyer is 60. Film composer James Horner is 59. Actress Jackee Harry is 56. Actress Marcia Gay Harden is 53. Basketball Hall of Famer Earvin ''Magic'' Johnson is 53. Singer Sarah Brightman is 52. Actress Susan Olsen is 51. Actress-turned-fashion/interior designer Cristi Conaway is 48. Rock musician Keith How- land (Chicago) is 48. Actress Halle Berry is 46. Actress Catherine Bell is 44. Country musician Cody McCarver (Confederate Railroad) is 44. Rock musician Kevin Cado- gan is 42. Actor Scott Michael Campbell is 41. NFL quar- terback Tim Tebow is 25. Thought for Today: ''The aims of life are the best defense against death.'' — Primo Levi, Italian chemist and writer (1919-1987). One year ago: Syria used gunboats for the first time to crush the uprising against Bashar Assad's regime, hammer- ing parts of the Mediterranean coastal city of Latakia after thousands marched there to demand the president's ouster. Today's Birthdays: Broadway lyricist Lee Adams HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP