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6B Daily News – Saturday, October 13, 2012 PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Oct. 13, the 287th day of 2012. There are 79 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 13, 1962, Edward Albee's searing four-character DILBERT® By Scott Adams drama ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' opened on Broadway with Arthur Hill as George, Uta Hagen as Martha, George Grizzard as Nick and Melinda Dillon (whose 23rd birthday it was) as Honey. On this date: In A.D. 54, Roman Emperor Claudius I died, poisoned apparently at the behest of his wife, Agrippina. In 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the arrests of Knights Templar on charges of heresy. In 1775, the United States Navy had its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis ed in New York City. In 1845, Texas voters ratified a state constitution. In 1932, President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. during World War II. In 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon held the In 1944, American troops entered Aachen, Germany, third televised debate of their presidential campaign (Nixon was in Los Angeles, Kennedy in New York). In 1972, a Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45 people crashed in the Andes; 16 survivors who resorted to feeding off the remains of some of the dead in order to stay alive were rescued more than two months later. In 1981, voters in Egypt participated in a referendum to SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1843, the Jewish organization B'nai B'rith was found- BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker elect Vice President Hosni Mubarak the new president, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat. Ten years ago: Serbia's first presidential elections since the ouster of Slobodan Milosevic failed because of a low voter turnout. The Anaheim Angels routed the Minnesota Twins 13-5 to win the American League Championship Series in five games. Five years ago: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, after meeting with human-rights activists in Moscow, told reporters the Russian government under Vladimir Putin had amassed so much central authority that the power-grab could undermine its commitment to democracy. One year ago: Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund billionaire at the center of the biggest insider-trading case in U.S. his- tory, was sentenced by a federal judge in New York to 11 years behind bars. American drone-fired missiles killed a ranking member of the militant Haqqani network in north- western Pakistan. The Detroit Tigers took a 3-2 lead in the AL championship series, defeating the Texas Rangers 7-5. Today's Birthdays: Former British Prime Minister Mar- garet Thatcher is 87. Playwright Frank D. Gilroy is 87. Gospel singer Shirley Caesar is 74. Actress Melinda Dillon is 73. Singer-musician Paul Simon is 71. Actress Pamela Tiffin is 70. Musician Robert Lamm (Chicago) is 68. Coun- try singer Lacy J. Dalton is 66. Actor Demond Wilson is 66. Singer-musician Sammy Hagar is 65. Actor John Lone is 60. Model Beverly Johnson is 60. Producer-writer Chris Carter is 56. Actor Reggie Theus is 55. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is 54. Singer Marie Osmond is 53. Rock singer Joey Belladonna is 52. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer is 52. NBA coach Doc Rivers is 51. Actress T'Keyah Crystal Keymah is 50. College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice is 50. Actress Kelly Preston is 50. Country singer John Wiggins is 50. Actor Christopher Judge is 48. Actress Kate Walsh is 45. Rhythm-and-blues musician Jeff Allen (Mint Condition) is 44. Actress Tisha Campbell- Martin is 44. Classical singer Carlos Marin (Il Divo) is 44. Olympic silver-medal figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is 43. Country singer Rhett Akins is 43. Classical crossover singer Paul Potts (TV: ''Britain's Got Talent'') is 42. TV personal- ity Billy Bush is 41. Actor Sacha Baron Cohen is 41. Thought for Today: ''There are some things one can only achieve by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction. One has to go abroad in order to find the home one has lost.'' — Franz Kafka, Austrian author (1883-1924). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP