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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Wednesday, April 7, 2010 – Daily News – 3B Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 7, the 97th day of 2010. There are 268 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 7, 1862, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee. On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1199, King Richard I of England (also known as The Lion-Heart) died in the Limousin region of France at age 41 after being mortally wounded by an arrow. In 1860, Will Keith Kellogg, founder of cereal maker Kel- logg Co., was born in Battle Creek, Mich. In 1927, the image and voice of Commerce Secretary Her- bert Hoover were transmitted live from Washington to New York in the first successful long-distance demonstration of tele- vision. In 1939, Italy invaded Albania, which was annexed less than a week later. In 1949, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ‘‘South Pacific’’ opened on Broadway. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1953, the U.N. General Assembly elected Dag Ham- marskjold (dahg HAWM’-ahr-shoold) of Sweden to be sec- retary-general. In 1969, the Supreme Court, in Stanley v. Georgia, unan- imously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter announced he was defer- ring development of the neutron bomb, a high-radiation weapon. In 1983, space shuttle astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson took the first U.S. space walk in almost a decade as they worked in the open cargo bay of Challenger for nearly four hours. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1990, a display of Robert Mapplethorpe photographs opened at Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center, the same day the center and its director were indicted on obscenity charges (both were acquitted). An arson fire aboard a ferry en route from Norway to Denmark killed 158 people. Ten years ago: Attorney General Janet Reno met in Wash- ington with the father of Elian Gonzalez; Reno later told reporters that officials would arrange for Juan Miguel Gonzalez to reclaim his son, but she gave Elian’s Miami relatives one more chance to drop their resistance and join in a peaceful transfer. Five years ago: The blockbuster painkiller Bextra was taken BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake off the market, and the FDA said all similar prescription drugs should strongly warn about possible risk of heart attacks and strokes. Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a Shiite, was named Iraq’s inter- im prime minister; Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani was sworn in as interim president. Historic bus service began between the two parts of Kashmir, one controlled by India, the other by Pakistan. One year ago: President Barack Obama capped his eight- day European trip by addressing college students in Istanbul, Turkey; he then made an unannounced trip to Baghdad where he visited with U.S. troops and Iraqi officials. Vermont became the fourth state (after Connecticut, Massachusetts and Iowa) to legalize gay marriage. Three members of the Congressional Black Caucus met with former Cuban President Fidel Cas- tro in Havana. Today’s Birthdays: Actor R.G. Armstrong is 93. Sitar play- BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker er Ravi Shankar is 90. Actor James Garner is 82. Country singer Cal Smith is 78. Actor Wayne Rogers is 77. Media commentator Hodding Carter III is 75. Country singer Bobby Bare is 75. Rhythm-and-blues singer Charlie Thomas (The Drifters) is 73. California Attorney General Jerry Brown is 72. Movie director Francis Ford Coppola is 71. TV personality David Frost is 71. Singer Patricia Bennett (The Chiffons) is 63. Singer John Oates is 61. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is 61. Singer Janis Ian is 59. Country musician John Dittrich is 59. Actor Jackie Chan is 56. Football Hall-of-Famer Tony Dorsett is 56. Actor Russell Crowe is 46. Christian/jazz singer Mark Kib- ble (Take 6) is 46. Actor Bill Bellamy is 45. Rock musician Dave ‘‘Yorkie’’ Palmer (Space) is 45. Former football play- er-turned-analyst Tiki Barber is 35. Actress Heather Burns is 35. Actor Kevin Alejandro (TV: ‘‘Southland’’) is 34. Actor Conner Rayburn is 11. Thought for Today: ‘‘Lying is done with words and also with silence.’’ — Adrienne Rich, American poet. HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP