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4B Daily News – Wednesday, August 22, 2012 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Aug. 22, the 235th day of 2012. There are 131 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: DILBERT® By Scott Adams On Aug. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln publicly responded to Horace Greeley's ''Prayer of Twenty Mil- lions,'' which had urged Lincoln to take more drastic steps in abolishing slavery; Lincoln replied that his priority was saving the Union, but also repeated his ''personal wish that all men everywhere could be free.'' On this date: In 1485, England's King Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field, effectively ending the War of the Roses. In 1787, inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. In 1846, Gen. Stephen W. Kearny proclaimed all of New Mexico a territory of the United States. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels off the English coast to win a trophy that came to be known as the America's Cup. In 1932, the British Broadcasting Corp. conducted its first experimental television broadcast, using a 30-line mechanical system. In 1962, French President Charles de Gaulle survived an attempt on his life in suburban Paris. In 1972, President Richard Nixon was nominated for a second term of office by the Republican National Conven- tion in Miami Beach. A hostage drama began at a Chase Manhattan Bank in Brooklyn, N.Y., as John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile seized seven employees during a botched robbery; the episode, which ended with Wojtow- icz's arrest and Naturile's killing by the FBI, inspired the movie ''Dog Day Afternoon.'' In 1989, Black Panthers co-founder Huey P. Newton SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins was shot to death in Oakland, Calif. (Gunman Tyrone Robinson was later sentenced to 32 years to life in prison.) Ten years ago: President George W. Bush proposed to end the government's ''hands-off'' policy in national forests and ease logging restrictions in fire-prone areas. Five years ago: President George W. Bush, addressing BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker One year ago: Hurricane Irene cut a destructive path through the Caribbean, raking Puerto Rico with strong winds and rain and then spinning just north of the Domini- can Republic. Today's Birthdays: Heart surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley is 92. Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf is 78. Broad- cast journalist Morton Dean is 77. Author Annie Proulx (proo) is 77. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Carl Yastrzemski is 73. Actress Valerie Harper is 73. Football coach Bill Par- cells is 71. CBS newsman Steve Kroft is 67. Actress Cindy Williams is 65. Pop musician David Marks is 64. Interna- tional Swimming Hall of Famer Diana Nyad is 63. Baseball Hall of Famer Paul Molitor is 56. Country singer Holly Dunn is 55. Rock musician Vernon Reid is 54. Country singer Ricky Lynn Gregg is 53. Country singer Collin Raye is 52. Actress Regina Taylor is 52. Rock singer Roland Orz- abal (Tears For Fears) is 51. Rock musician Debbi Peterson (The Bangles) is 51. Rock musician Gary Lee Conner (Screaming Trees) is 50. Singer Tori Amos is 49. Country singer Mila Mason is 49. Rhythm-and-blues musician James DeBarge is 49. International Tennis Hall of Famer Mats Wilander is 48. Rapper GZA/The Genius is 46. Actor Ty Burrell is 45. Actor Rick Yune is 41. Rock musician Paul Doucette (Matchbox Twenty) is 40. Rap-reggae singer Beenie Man is 39. Singer Howie Dorough (Backstreet Boys) is 39. Thought for Today: ''Charming people live up to the the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Kansas City, Mo., offered a fresh endorsement of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, calling him ''a good guy, good man with a difficult job.'' A U.S. helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing 14 soldiers. Hurricane Dean slammed into Mexico for the sec- ond time in as many days. very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them.'' — Logan Pearsall Smith, Anglo-Ameri- can essayist (1865-1946). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP