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MONDAY COMICS PEANUTS�� By Charles Schultz Today in History The Associated Press DILBERT�� GARFIELD�� SHOE BLONDIE�� BEETLE BAILEY�� HAGAR the Horrible�� ZITS FRANK & ERNEST�� ALLEY OOP By Scott Adams By Jim Davis By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins By Dean Young and Stan Drake By Mort Walker By Chris Browne BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN By Bob Thaves Today is Monday, April 8, the 98th day of 2013. There are 267 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On April 8, 1913, the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for popular election of United States senators (as opposed to appointment by state legislatures), was ratified. President Woodrow Wilson became the first chief executive since John Adams to address Congress in person as he asked lawmakers to enact tariff reform. On this date: In 1820, the Venus de Milo statue was discovered by a farmer on the Greek island of Milos. In 1913, the Republic of China's first parliament convened. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Emergency Relief Appropriations Act, which provided money for programs such as the Works Progress Administration. In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a freeze on wages and prices to combat inflation. In 1946, the League of Nations assembled in Geneva for its final session. In 1952, President Harry S. Truman seized the American steel industry to avert a nationwide strike. (The Supreme Court later ruled that Truman had overstepped his authority, opening the way for a seven-week strike by steelworkers.) In 1963, "Lawrence of Arabia" won the Oscar for best picture at the Academy Awards; Gregory Peck won best actor for "To Kill a Mockingbird" while Anne Bancroft received best actress honors for "The Miracle Worker." In 1973, artist Pablo Picasso died in Mougins (MOO'zhun), France, at age 91. In 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth's record. In 1993, singer Marian Anderson died in Portland, Ore., at age 96. Ten years ago: U.S.-led military strikes in Baghdad hit a hotel housing hundreds of journalists and an Arab television network, killing three journalists. Kidnapper-rapist John Jamelske, who had imprisoned five women and girls, one after another, as sex slaves inside a makeshift dungeon in his DeWitt, N.Y., home, was arrested. Five years ago: The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Army Gen. David Petraeus, told Congress that hard-won gains in the war zone were too fragile to promise any troop pullouts beyond the summer as he held his ground against impatient Democrats and refused to commit to more withdrawals before President George W. Bush left office in January 2009. American Airlines grounded all 300 of its MD-80 jetliners amid safety concerns about wiring bundles; the carrier ended up canceling more than 3,000 flights over the next four days. One year ago: A U.N.-brokered plan to stop the bloodshed in Syria effectively collapsed after President Bashar Assad's government raised new, last-minute demands that the country's largest rebel group swiftly rejected. Today's Birthdays: Comedian Shecky Greene is 87. Actor-turned-diplomat John Gavin is 82. Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Seymour Hersh is 76. Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is 75. Basketball Hall-of-Famer John Havlicek is 73. "Mouseketeer" Darlene Gillespie is 72. Rhythm-and-blues singer J.J. Jackson is 72. Singer Peggy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is 72. Songwriter-producer Leon Huff is 71. Actor Hywel Bennett is 69. Actor Stuart Pankin is 67. Rock musician Steve Howe is 66. Former House Republican Leader Tom DeLay is 66. Movie director John Madden is 64. Rock musician Mel Schacher (Grand Funk Railroad) is 62. Actor John Schneider is 53. "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch is 52. Rock musician Izzy Stradlin is 51. Singer Julian Lennon is 50. Rock singermusician Donita Sparks is 50. Rapper Biz Markie is 49. Actress Robin Wright is 47. Actress Patricia Arquette is 45. Thought for Today: "A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence." ��� James Brander Matthews, American author and educator (1852-1929). RUBES�� By Leigh Rubin