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PEANUTS® Wednesday, September 19, 2012 – Daily News 5B By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Sept. 19, the 263rd day of 2012. There are 103 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 19, 1982, the smiley emoticon was invented as DILBERT® By Scott Adams Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman pro- posed punctuating humorously intended computer mes- sages by employing a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis as a horizontal ''smiley face.'' :-) On this date: In 1777, the first Battle of Saratoga was fought during the Revolutionary War; although the British forces succeeded in driving out the American troops, the Americans prevailed in a second battle the following month. In 1796, President George Washington's farewell address was published. Garfield, died 2 1/2 months after being shot by Charles Gui- teau; Chester Alan Arthur became president. In 1934, Bruno Hauptmann was arrested in New York In 1881, the 20th president of the United States, James A. and charged with the kidnap-murder of Charles A. Lind- bergh Jr. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis as ''Lord Haw-Haw,'' was convicted of treason and sen- tenced to death by a British court. In 1957, the United States conducted its first contained In 1945, Nazi radio propagandist William Joyce, known underground nuclear test, code-named ''Rainier,'' in the Nevada desert. In 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, visiting Los Angeles, reacted angrily upon being told that, for security reasons, he wouldn't get to visit Disneyland. In 1960, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, in New York to visit the United Nations, angrily checked out of the Shelburne Hotel in a dispute with the management; Castro ended up staying at the Hotel Theresa in Harlem. In 1962, the Western TV series ''The Virginian'' debuted SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins on NBC. Show'' debuted on CBS-TV. In 1985, the Mexico City area was struck by a devastat- ing earthquake that killed at least 9,500 people. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush asked Con- gress for authority to ''use all means,'' including military force if necessary, to disarm and overthrow Iraqi leader Sad- dam Hussein if he did not quickly meet United Nations demands to abandon all weapons of mass destruction. Five years ago: The Senate blocked legislation that would In 1970, the situation comedy ''The Mary Tyler Moore BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker have regulated the amount of time troops spent in combat, a blow for Democrats struggling to challenge President George W. Bush's Iraq policies. A powerful bomb killed anti-Syria lawmaker Antoine Ghanem and six others in Beir One year ago: In a White House address, a combative President Barack Obama demanded that the richest Ameri- cans pay higher taxes to help cut soaring U.S. deficits by more than $3 trillion. Today's Birthdays: Author Roger Angell is 92. TV host James Lipton ("Inside the Actors Studio") is 86. Actress Rosemary Harris is 85. Former Defense Secretary Harold Brown is 85. Actor Adam West is 82. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher Bob Turley is 82. Actor David McCallum (TV: "NCIS") is 79. Singer-songwriter Paul Williams is 72. Singer Bill Medley is 72. Singer Sylvia Tyson (Ian and Sylvia) is 72. Singer Freda Payne is 70. Golfer Jane Blalock is 67. Singer David Bromberg is 67. Actor Randolph Man- tooth is 67. Rock singer-musician Lol Creme (10cc) is 65. Former NFL running back Larry Brown is 65. Actor Jeremy Irons is 64. Actress Twiggy Lawson is 63. TV personality Joan Lunden is 62. Singer-producer Daniel Lanois is 61. Actor Scott Colomby is 60. Musician-producer Nile Rodgers is 60. College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL player Reggie Williams is 58. Singer-actor Rex Smith is 57. Actor Kevin Hooks is 54. Actress Carolyn McCormick is 53. Country singer Jeff Bates is 49. Country singer Trisha Yearwood is 48. Actress-comedian Cheri Oteri is 47. News anchor Soledad O'Brien is 46. Thought for Today: "Start every day off with a smile and get it over with." — W.C. Fields, American comedian (1880-1946). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP