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PEANUTS® Friday, November 23, 2012 – Daily News By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1765, Frederick County, Md. became the first colonial entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act. In 1804, the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce (puhrs), was born in Hillsboro, N.H. In 1887, actor Boris Karloff was born William Henry Pratt in London. In 1903, Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in ''Rigoletto.'' GARFIELD® By Jim Davis pen was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London for mur- dering his wife, Cora. (Crippen's mistress, Ethel Le Neve, was acquitted in a separate trial of being an accessory.) In 1936, Life, the photojournalism magazine created by Henry R. Luce, was first published. In 1943, during World War II, U.S. forces seized control legendary New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, opened on Broadway. In 1971, the People's Republic of China was seated in the U.N. Security Council. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker In 1996, a commandeered Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 crashed into the water off the Comoros Islands, killing 125 of the 175 people on board, including all three hijackers. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush visited Vilnius, Lithuania, and Bucharest, Romania, where he vowed to defend hard-won freedoms behind the former Iron Curtain. Miss World organizers moved the beauty pageant from Abuja, Nigeria, to London after some 100 people died in violence triggered by a Nigerian newspaper's suggestion that the Islamic prophet Muhammad would have liked the event. Five years ago: Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations grudgingly agreed to attend an upcoming U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference, despite failing to get any guaran- tee of Israeli concessions. Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud left office without a successor after announcing he was handing over security powers to the army. One year ago: Yemen's authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to step down amid a fierce uprising to oust him after 33 years in power. Today's Birthdays: Former Labor Secretary William E. Brock is 82. Actress Elmarie Wendel is 80. Actor Fran- co Nero is 71. Actress Susan Anspach is 70. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is 68. Actor-comedy writer Bruce Vilanch is 65. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is 62. Singer Bruce Hornsby is 58. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is 57. Actor Maxwell Caulfield is 53. Actor John Henton is 52. TV per- sonality Robin Roberts (''Good Morning America'') is 52. Rock singer-musician Ken Block (Sister Hazel) is 46. Rock musician Charlie Grover is 46. Actress Salli Richardson-Whitfield is 45. Actor Oded Fehr is 42. Rap- per-actor Kurupt (Tha Dogg Pound) is 40. Actor Page Kennedy is 36. Thought for Today: ''I'm a realist and so I think regret- ting is a useless occupation. You help no one with it. But you can't live without illusions even if you must fight for them, such as 'love conquers all.' It isn't true, but I would like it to be.'' — Marlene Dietrich, German-born actress (1901- 1992). earthquakes that devastated southern Italy. In 1992, in Germany, three Turks were killed when right- ist militants firebombed their homes in Moelln (muln); in Berlin, hundreds of demonstrators protested in solidarity with foreigners. Country music star Roy Acuff died in Nashville at age 89. In 1980, some 2,600 people were killed by a series of HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin In 1910, American-born physician Hawley Harvey Crip- Today is Friday, Nov. 23, the 328th day of 2012. There are 38 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 23, 1942, during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure establishing the U.S. Women's Coast Guard Reserve, or SPARS (an abbre- viation of the U.S. Coast Guard motto ''Semper Paratus'' — ''Always Ready''). On this date: 5B of Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese. In 1959, the musical ''Fiorello!,'' starring Tom Bosley as ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP