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PEANUTS® Thursday, November 15, 2012 – Daily News By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Nov. 15, the 320th day of 2012. There are 46 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 15, 1942, the naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1777, the Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation. In 1806, explorer Zebulon Pike sighted the mountaintop On this date: during World War II with a decisive U.S. victory over Japan- ese forces. 3B now known as Pikes Peak in present-day Colorado. In 1889, Brazil was proclaimed a republic as its emperor, Dom Pedro II, was overthrown. In 1937, the House and Senate chambers of the U.S. Capitol were air-conditioned for the first time. In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt laid the corner- stone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. In 1948, William Lyon Mackenzie King retired as prime minister of Canada after 21 years; he was succeeded by Louis St. Laurent. In 1958, actor Tyrone Power, 44, died in Madrid, Spain, GARFIELD® By Jim Davis exile in Spain, married his third wife, Isabel. In 1966, the flight of Gemini 12 ended successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin ''Buzz'' Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic. In 1969, a quarter of a million protesters staged a peace- ful demonstration in Washington against the Vietnam War. In 1979, the British government publicly identified Sir SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins Anthony Blunt as the ''fourth man'' of a Soviet spy ring. In 1982, funeral services were held in Moscow's Red Square for the late Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev. In 1985, Britain and Ireland signed an accord giving Dublin an official consultative role in governing Northern Ireland. while filming ''Solomon and Sheba.'' (Power's part was recast with Yul Brynner.) In 1961, former Argentine President Juan Peron, living in In 1987, 28 of 82 people aboard a Continental Airlines DC-9, including the pilot and co-pilot, were killed when the jetliner crashed seconds after taking off from Denver's Sta- pleton International Airport. Ten years ago: Palestinian militants raked Israeli troops and settlers with gunfire in a West Bank ambush, killing 12 Israelis in Hebron. Hu Jintao replaced Jiang Zemin as China's Communist Party leader. Five years ago: During a feisty Democratic debate in Las BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake Vegas, Hillary Rodham Clinton accused her closest rivals, Barack Obama and John Edwards, of slinging mud ''right out of the Republican playbook'' and sharply criticized their records. One year ago: Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City in the pre-dawn darkness, evicting hundreds of protest- ers and then demolishing the tent city. The U.S. Postal Ser- vice said it had lost $5.1 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2011. The state of Ohio executed Reginald Brooks, who had shot his three sons as they slept, shortly after his wife filed for divorce. Today's Birthdays: Judge Joseph Wapner is 93. States- BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker man Howard H. Baker Jr. is 87. Actor Ed Asner is 83. Actor John Kerr is 81. Singer Petula Clark is 80. Comedian Jack Burns is 79. Actress Joanna Barnes is 78. Actor Yaphet Kotto is 73. Actor Sam Waterston is 72. Classical conductor Daniel Barenboim is 70. Pop singer Frida (ABBA) is 67. Actor Bob Gunton is 67. Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is 65. Director-actor James Widdoes is 59. Rock singer-producer Mitch Easter is 58. Fox News reporter John Roberts is 56. Former ''Jay Leno Show'' bandleader Kevin Eubanks is 55. Comedian Judy Gold is 50. Actress Rachel True is 46. Rapper E-40 is 45. Country singer Jack Ingram is 42. Actor Jay Harrington is 41. Actor Jonny Lee Miller is 40. Actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier is 39. Christian rock musician David Carr (Third Day) is 38. Thought for Today: ''News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already hap- pened when we get the news.'' — Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright (1921-1990). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP