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4B Daily News – Thursday, August 23, 2012 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Aug. 23, the 236th day of 2012. There are 130 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 23, 1912, actor, dancer, director and choreogra- pher Gene Kelly was born Eugene Curran Kelly in Pitts- burgh. On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams executed by the English for treason. In 1775, Britain's King George III proclaimed the Amer- ican colonies to be in a state of ''open and avowed rebel- lion.'' War I. York at age 31. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1914, Japan declared war against Germany in World In 1926, silent film star Rudolph Valentino died in New In 1305, Scottish rebel leader Sir William Wallace was In 1858, ''Ten Nights in a Bar-room,'' a play by Timothy Shay Arthur about the perils of alcohol, opened in New York. In 1927, amid protests, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery. In 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, in Moscow. In 1944, Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescu was dismissed by King Michael, paving the way for Romania to abandon the Axis in favor of the Allies. In 1962, John Lennon married his first wife, Cynthia Powell, in Liverpool, England. (The marriage lasted until 1968.) In 1972, the Republican National Convention, meeting in Miami Beach, nominated Vice President Spiro T. Agnew for a second term. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake In 1973, a bank robbery-turned-hostage-taking began in Stockholm, Sweden; the four hostages ended up empathiz- ing with their captors, a psychological condition now referred to as ''Stockholm Syndrome.'' In 1982, Lebanon's parliament elected Christian militia leader Bashir Gemayel president. (However, Gemayel was assassinated some three weeks later.) Ten years ago: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il made his second visit to Russia in a year, meeting with President Vladimir Putin outside Vladivostok. New York publicist Lizzie Grubman pleaded guilty in a hit-and-run crash that injured 16 people outside a Hamptons nightclub. (Grubman ended up serving 37 days of a 60-day sentence at the Suffolk County, N.Y., jail, with time off for good behavior.) Five years ago: A report by top U.S. spy analysts con- cluded the Iraqi government was strained by rampant vio- lence, deep sectarian differences among its political parties and stymied leadership. BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker One year ago: A pair of judges in New York put an end to the sensational sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, setting him free after prosecutors questioned the credibility of the hotel housekeeper who'd accused the French diplomat. Today's Birthdays: Actress Vera Miles is 82. Political satirist Mark Russell is 80. Actress Barbara Eden is 78. Pro Football Hall of Famer Sonny Jurgensen is 78. Actor Richard Sanders is 72. Ballet dancer Patricia McBride is 70. Former Surgeon General Antonia Novello is 68. Pro Foot- ball Hall of Famer Rayfield Wright is 67. Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 65. Singer Linda Thompson is 65. Actress Shelley Long is 63. Actor-singer Rick Springfield is 63. Country singer-musician Woody Paul (Riders in the Sky) is 63. Queen Noor of Jordan is 61. Actor-producer Mark Hud- son is 61. MLB All-Star pitcher Mike Boddicker is 55. Rock musician Dean DeLeo (Army of Anyone; Stone Temple Pilots) is 51. Tejano singer Emilio Navaira is 50. Country musician Ira Dean (Trick Pony) is 43. Actor Jay Mohr is 42. Actor Ray Park is 38. Actor Scott Caan is 36. Country singer Shelly Fairchild is 35. Figure skater Nicole Bobek is 35. Rock singer Julian Casablancas (The Strokes) is 34. NBA player Kobe Bryant is 34. NBA player Jeremy Lin is 24. Thought for Today: ''A wise man without a book is like a workman with no tools.'' — Moroccan proverb. HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP