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PEANUTS® Tuesday, November 20, 2012 – Daily News By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Nov. 20, the 325th day of 2012. There are 41 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 20, 1962, President John F. Kennedy held a DILBERT® By Scott Adams news conference in which he announced the end of the naval quarantine of Cuba imposed during the missile crisis, and the signing of an executive order prohibiting discrimination in federal housing facilities. On this date: In 1620, Peregrine White was born aboard the 3B Mayflower in Massachusetts Bay; he was the first child born of English parents in present-day New England. In 1789, New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. In 1910, the Mexican Revolution of 1910 had its begin- nings under the Plan of San Luis Potosi issued by Francisco I. Madero. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis debuted on the NBC Blue Network. In 1947, Britain's future queen, Princess Elizabeth, mar- ried Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey. In 1929, the radio program ''The Rise of the Goldbergs'' In 1952, President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower announced his selection of John Foster Dulles to be his sec- retary of state. In 1959, the United Nations issued its Declaration of the Rights of the Child. In 1967, the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock at the Commerce Department ticked past 200 million. In 1975, after nearly four decades of absolute rule, SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins University of California used five laterals to score a disput- ed winning touchdown on the last play of a game against Stanford, 25-20. In 1992, fire seriously damaged Windsor Castle, the In 1982, in one of college football's oddest finales, the Spain's General Francisco Franco died, two weeks before his 83rd birthday. BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker favorite weekend home of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Ten years ago: On the eve of a NATO summit in the Czech Republic, President George W. Bush, recalling Europe's grim history of ''excusing aggression,'' challenged skeptical allies to stand firm against Saddam Hussein. Five years ago: A judge in St. George, Utah, sentenced polygamous-sect leader Warren Jeffs to five years to life in prison for his role in the arranged marriage of an underage girl to her older cousin. (Jeffs' conviction was overturned by the Utah Supreme Court in 2010; prosecutors decided against a re-trial because Jeffs was already serving a life sen- tence in Texas in a separate case.) One year ago: Spain's opposition conservatives were swept into power as voters dumped the Socialists — the third time in as many weeks Europe's debt crisis had claimed a government. Tony Stewart held off Carl Edwards to win his third NASCAR championship in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Today's Birthdays: Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer is 89. Actress-comedian Kaye Ballard is 87. Actress Estelle Parsons is 85. Comedian Dick Smothers is 74. Singer Norman Greenbaum is 70. Vice President Joe Biden is 70. Actress Veronica Hamel is 69. Broadcast jour- nalist Judy Woodruff is 66. Actor Samuel E. Wright is 66. Singer Joe Walsh is 65. Actor Richard Masur is 64. Opera singer Barbara Hendricks is 64. Actress Bo Derek is 56. For- mer NFL player Mark Gastineau is 56. Reggae musician Jim Brown (UB40) is 55. Actress Sean Young is 53. Pianist Jim Brickman is 51. Rock musician Todd Nance (Wide- spread Panic) is 50. Actress Ming-Na is 49. Actor Ned Vaughn is 48. Rapper Mike D (The Beastie Boys) is 47. Rapper Sen Dog (Cypress Hill) is 47. Actress Callie Thorne is 43. Actress Sabrina Lloyd is 42. Actor Joel McHale is 41. Actress Marisa Ryan is 38. Country singer Dierks (duhkrs) Bentley is 37. Actor Joshua Gomez is 37. Thought for Today: ''People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster.'' — Alistair Cooke, British-born American journalist and broadcaster (1908-2004). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP