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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, July 29, the 210th day of 2013. There are 155 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 29, 1981, Britain's Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. (However, the couple divorced in 1996.) On this date: In 1030, the patron saint of Norway, King Olaf II, was killed in battle. In 1588, the English attacked the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines, resulting in an English victory. In 1890, artist Vincent van Gogh, 37, died of a selfinflicted gunshot wound in Auvers-sur-Oise, France. In 1900, Italian King Humbert I was assassinated by an anarchist; he was succeeded by his son, Victor Emmanuel III. In 1921, Adolf Hitler became the leader ("fuehrer") of the National Socialist German Workers Party. In 1948, Britain's King George VI opened the Olympic Games in London. In 1957, the International Atomic Energy Agency was established. Jack Paar made his debut as host of NBC's "Tonight Show." In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating NASA. In 1967, an accidental rocket launch aboard the supercarrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin resulted in a fire and explosions that killed 134 servicemen. In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford became the first U.S. president to visit the site of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland. In 1980, a state funeral was held in Cairo, Egypt, for the deposed Shah of Iran, who had died two days earlier at age 60. In 1993, the Israeli Supreme Court acquitted retired Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk of being Nazi death camp guard "Ivan the Terrible" and threw out his death sentence; Demjanjuk was set free. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush refused to release a congressional report on possible links between Saudi Arabian officials and the September 11 hijackers, saying disclosure "would help the enemy" by revealing intelligence sources and methods. Five years ago: Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was indicted on seven felony counts of concealing more than a quarter of a million dollars in house renovations and gifts from a powerful oil contractor. (A jury later found the longtime Republican lawmaker guilty of lying on financial disclosure forms, but a judge subsequently dismissed the case, saying prosecutors had withheld evidence.) Disgraced ex-NBA official Tim Donaghy admitted that he'd brought shame on his profession as a federal judge sentenced him to 15 months behind bars for a gambling scandal. One year ago: Standing on Israeli soil, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney declared Jerusalem to be the capital of the Jewish state and said the United States had "a solemn duty and a moral imperative" to block Iran from achieving nuclear weapons capability. Today's Birthdays: Comedian "Professor" Irwin Corey is 99. Actor Robert Horton is 89. Former Sen. Nancy Kassebaum-Baker is 81. Actor Robert Fuller is 80. Former Sen. Elizabeth H. Dole is 77. Actor David Warner is 72. Rock musician Neal Doughty (REO Speedwagon) is 67. Marilyn Tucker Quayle, wife of former Vice President Dan Quayle, is 64. Actor Mike Starr is 63. Documentary maker Ken Burns is 60. Style guru Tim Gunn (TV: "Project Runway") is 60. Rock singer-musician Geddy Lee (Rush) is 60. Rock singer Patti Scialfa (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) is 60. Actor Kevin Chapman is 51. Actress Alexandra Paul is 50. Country singer Martina McBride is 47. Rock musician Chris Gorman is 46. Actor Rodney Allen Rippy is 45. Actor Tim Omundson is 44. Actor Wil Wheaton is 41. Country singer-songwriter James Otto is 40. Thought for Today: "An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it." — Don Marquis American journalist-author (born this date in 1878, died 1937). RUBES® By Leigh Rubin