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4B Daily News – Tuesday, August 28, 2012 PEANUTS® MONDAY COMICS By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Aug. 27, the 240th day of 2012. There are 126 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1770, German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born in Stuttgart. On this date: On Aug. 27, 1962, the United States launched the Mariner 2 space probe, which flew past Venus in December 1962. In 1776, the Battle of Long Island began during the Rev- olutionary War as British troops attacked American forces, who ended up being forced to retreat two days later. In 1859, Edwin L. Drake drilled the first successful oil well in the United States, at Titusville, Pa. In 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa blew up; the result- ing tidal waves in Indonesia's Sunda Strait claimed some 36,000 lives in Java and Sumatra. In 1908, Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, was born near Stonewall, Texas. In 1928, the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris, outlawing war and providing for the peaceful settlement of disputes. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1942, the Times of London published an editorial call- ing on the British government to promote the production of penicillin, the first mention of the antibiotic by a newspaper. In 1957, the USS Swordfish, the second Skate Class nuclear submarine, was launched from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine. In 1967, Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, was found dead in his London flat from an overdose of sleeping pills; he was 32. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1979, British war hero Lord Louis Mountbatten and three other people, including his 14-year-old grandson Nicholas, were killed off the coast of Ireland in a boat explo- sion claimed by the Irish Republican Army. In 1989, the first U.S. commercial satellite rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. — a Delta booster car- rying a British communications satellite, the Marcopolo 1. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush met at his BLONDIE® Texas ranch with Saudi Arabia's ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan; a White House spokesman said Bush told the Saudi diplomat he had not yet decided whether to attack Iraq. Five years ago: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation after a controversy over the fir- ings of nine U.S. attorneys. Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick apologized for ''using bad judgment and mak- ing bad decisions'' and vowed to redeem himself after pleading guilty in Richmond, Va., to a federal dogfighting charge. By Dean Young and Stan Drake One year ago: Hurricane Irene, after striking Puerto Rico and the Bahamas, pushed up the U.S East Coast, prompting evacuations in New York City and leaving major flood dam- age in Vermont. Today's Birthdays: Cajun-country singer Jimmy C. BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker Newman is 85. Author Dame Antonia Fraser is 80. Actor Tommy Sands is 75. Bluegrass singer-musician J.D. Crowe is 75. Musician Daryl Dragon is 70. Actress Tuesday Weld is 69. Actor G.W. Bailey is 68. Rock singer-musician Tim Bogert is 68. Actress Marianne Sagebrecht is 67. Ex-porn star Harry Reems is 65. Country musician Jeff Cook is 63. Actor Paul Reubens is 60. Rock musician Alex Lifeson (Rush) is 59. Actor Peter Stormare is 59. Actress Diana Scarwid is 57. Rock musician Glen Matlock (The Sex Pis- tols) is 56. Pro golfer Bernhard Langer is 55. Country singer Jeffrey Steele is 51. Gospel singer Yolanda Adams is 51. Country musician Matthew Basford (Yankee Grey) is 50. Writer-producer Dean Devlin is 50. Rock musician Mike Johnson is 47. Rap musician Bobo (Cypress Hill) is 44. Country singer Colt Ford is 43. Actress Chandra Wilson is 43. Rock musician Tony Kanal (No Doubt) is 42. Actress Sarah Chalke is 36. Actor RonReaco (correct) Lee is 36. Rapper Mase is 35. Thought for Today: ''Doing what's right isn't the prob- lem. It is knowing what's right.'' — Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President of the United States (1908-1973). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP