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3B Daily News – Wednesday, October 3, 2012 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Oct. 3, the 277th day of 2012. There are 89 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 3, 1962, astronaut Wally Schirra became the fifth American to fly in space as he blasted off from Cape Canaveral aboard the Sigma 7 on a 9-hour flight. On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1789, President George Washington declared Nov. 26, 1789, a day of Thanksgiving to express gratitude for the cre- ation of the United States of America. tion. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day. In 1932, Iraq became independent of British administra- GARFIELD® By Jim Davis Office of Economic Stabilization. In 1951, the New York Giants captured the National League pennant by a score of 5-4 as Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer off the Brooklyn Dodgers' Ralph Branca in the "shot heard 'round the world." In 1952, Britain conducted its first atomic test as it deto- nated a 25-kiloton device in the Monte Bello Islands off Australia. The situation comedy "Our Miss Brooks," for- merly a radio show, premiered on CBS-TV with Eve Arden again in the title role. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the to Get Off" opened on Broadway with Anthony Newley and Anna Quayle reprising their West End roles. In 1967, folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie died in New York at age 55. In 1962, the British musical "Stop the World — I Want In 1970, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminis- tration (NOAA) was established under the Department of Commerce. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. In 1995, the jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial found the former football star not guilty of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman (however, Simpson was later found liable in a civil trial). In 2008, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. (Simpson was later sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison.) Ten years ago: Five people were shot to death in the In 1992, Barack Obama married Michelle Robinson at BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker Washington, D.C. area within a 14-hour period, sparking the hunt for the "Beltway Sniper." Hurricane Lili gave Louisiana's coast a 100-mile-an-hour battering. Producer- director Bruce Paltrow, 58, died in Rome, Italy. Five years ago: North Korea agreed to provide a com- plete list of its nuclear programs and disable its facilities at its main reactor complex by December 31, 2007. One year ago: An Italian appeals court freed Amanda Knox of Seattle after four years in prison, tossing murder convictions against Knox and an ex-boyfriend in the stab- bing of their British roommate, Meredith Kercher. Today's Birthdays: Basketball Hall of Famer Marques O. Haynes is 86. Composer Steve Reich is 76. Singer Alan O'Day is 72. Rock and roll star Chubby Checker is 71. Actor Alan Rachins is 70. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., is 69. Magician Roy Horn is 68. Singer Lindsey Buckingham is 63. Jazz musician Ronnie Laws is 62. Blues singer Keb' Mo' is 61. Former astronaut Kathryn Sullivan is 61. Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield is 61. Baseball Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley is 58. Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharp- ton is 58. Actor Hart Bochner is 56. Actor Peter Frechette is 56. Golfer Fred Couples is 53. Actor-comedian Greg Proops is 53. Actor Jack Wagner is 53. Rock musician Tommy Lee is 50. Actor Clive Owen is 48. Actress Janel Moloney is 43. Singer Gwen Stefani (No Doubt) is 43. Pop singer Kevin Richardson is 41. Rock singer G. Love is 40. Actress Keiko Agena is 39. Actress Neve Campbell is 39. Singer India.Arie is 37. Rapper Talib Kweli is 37. Actress Alanna Ubach is 37. Actor Seann (cq) William Scott is 36. Actress Shannyn Sossamon is 34. Thought for Today: "The worst disease in the world is the plague of vengeance." — Dr. Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (1893-1990). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP