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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Wednesday, April 21, 2010 – Daily News – 3B Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 21, the 111th day of 2010. There are 254 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: DILBERT® By Scott Adams On April 21, 1910, author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died in Red- ding, Conn., at age 74. On this date: In 1509, England’s King Henry VII died; he was succeeded by his 17-year-old son, Henry VIII. In 1649, the Maryland Toleration Act, which pro- vided for freedom of worship for all Christians, was passed by the Maryland assembly. In 1789, John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the United States. In 1836, an army of Texans led by Sam Houston defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assuring Texas independence. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1918, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the Ger- man ace known as the ‘‘Red Baron,’’ was killed in action during World War I. In 1930, a fire broke out inside the overcrowded Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, killing 332 inmates. In 1940, the quiz show that asked the ‘‘$64 ques- tion,’’ ‘‘Take It or Leave It,’’ premiered on CBS Radio. In 1960, Brazil inaugurated its new capital, Brasil- ia, transferring the seat of national government from Rio de Janeiro. In 1975, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned after ten years in office. In 1980, Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker the finish line at the Boston Marathon; however, she was later exposed as a fraud. (Canadian Jacqueline Gareau was named the actual winner of the women’s race.) Ten years ago: The lower house of the Russian par- liament overwhelmingly approved the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Five years ago: A commercial helicopter contracted by the U.S. Defense Department was shot down by missile fire north of Baghdad; eleven people, includ- ing six American bodyguards, were killed. Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar was convicted by a military jury at Fort Bragg, N.C. of premeditated murder and attempted murder in an attack that killed two of his comrades and wounded 14 others in Kuwait. (He was later sen- tenced to death.) Zhang Chunqiao (jahng chuhn-kee- OW’), one of the Gang of Four that terrorized China during the Cultural Revolution, died at age 88. One year ago: Calling on Americans to volunteer, President Barack Obama signed a $5.7 billion national service bill tripling the size of the Ameri- Corps service program. The sole survivor of a pirate attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast was charged as an adult with piracy in federal court in New York. (A prosecutor said Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse had given wildly varying ages for himself before finally admitting he was 18.) Today’s Birthdays: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is 84. Actress-comedian-writer Elaine May is 78. Actor Charles Grodin is 75. Singer-musician Iggy Pop is 63. Actress Patti LuPone is 61. Actor Tony Danza is 59. Actress Andie MacDowell is 52. Rock singer Robert Smith (The Cure) is 51. Rock musician Michael Tim- mins (Cowboy Junkies) is 51. Actor John Cameron Mitchell is 47. Rapper Michael Franti (Spearhead) is 44. Rock singer-musician Glen Hansard (The Frames) is 40. Comedian Nicole Sullivan is 40. Rock musi- cian David Brenner (Theory of a Deadman) is 32. Actor James McAvoy is 31. Thought for Today: ‘‘I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year (1910), and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest dis- appointment of my life if I don’t go out with Halley’s Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: ’Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in togeth- er, they must go out together.’’’ — Mark Twain (1835- 1910). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP