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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Thursday, April 15, 2010 – Daily News – 3B Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, April 15, the 105th day of 2010. There are 260 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: DILBERT® By Scott Adams On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died, nine hours after being shot the night before by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington. Andrew John- son became the nation’s 17th president. On this date: In 1817, the first permanent American school for the deaf opened in Hartford, Conn. In 1850, the city of San Francisco was incorporated. In 1861, three days after the Confederate attack on Fort GARFIELD® By Jim Davis Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln declared a state of insurrection and called out Union troops. In 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg; some 1,500 people died. In 1945, during World War II, British and Canadian troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. In 1947, Jackie Robinson, baseball’s first black major league player, made his official debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on opening day. The Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves, 5-3. In 1959, Cuban leader Fidel Castro arrived in Wash- ington to begin a goodwill tour of the United States. Sec- retary of State John Foster Dulles resigned for health rea- sons; he was succeeded by Christian A. Herter. In 1960, a three-day conference to form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) began at Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C. The group’s first chairman was Marion Barry. In 1980, existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre died SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins in Paris at age 74. 84. In 1990, actress Greta Garbo died in New York at age BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake Ten years ago: The world’s leading financial officials, meeting in Washington, pledged cooperation to promote global prosperity. Meanwhile, anti-globalization protesters swarmed through the heart of the nation’s capital. Cal Rip- ken of the Baltimore Orioles became the 24th player to reach 3,000 hits when he lined a clean single to center off Twins reliever Hector Carrasco. The Orioles won the game, 6-4. Five years ago: A Paris hotel fire killed 24 people, many of them African immigrants. A Russian rocket blasted off from the Central Asian steppes, catapulting three crew members on a two-day journey to the international space station. One year ago: Tens of thousands of protesters staged BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker ‘‘tea parties’’ around the country to tap into the collec- tive angst stirred up by a bad economy, government spend- ing and bailouts. A U.S. Army master sergeant, John Hat- ley, was convicted of murder at a court-martial in Vilseck, Germany, in the 2007 killings of four bound and blind- folded Iraqis. Hatley initially received life in prison but had his sentence later reduced to 40 years. Pirates released the Greek-owned cargo ship Titan that had been hijacked off the Somali coast on March 19. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Michael Ansara is 88. Coun- try singer Roy Clark is 77. Author and politician Jeffrey Archer is 70. Rock singer-guitarist Dave Edmunds is 66. Actress Lois Chiles is 63. Writer-producer Linda Blood- worth-Thomason is 63. Actress Amy Wright is 60. Colum- nist Heloise is 59. Actress-screenwriter Emma Thomp- son is 51. Bluegrass musician Jeff Parker is 49. Singer Samantha Fox is 44. Rock musician Ed O’Brien (Radio- head) is 42. Actor Flex Alexander is 40. Actor Danny Pino is 36. Actor-writer Seth Rogen is 28. Actress Alice Braga is 27. Rock musician De’Mar Hamilton (Plain White T’s) is 26. Actress Emma Watson is 20. Thought for Today: ‘‘Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.’’ — Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980. HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP