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4B Daily News – Tuesday, January 31, 2012 PEANUTS® MONDAY COMICS By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2012. There are 336 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 30, 1962, two members of ''The Flying Wallen- DILBERT® By Scott Adams das'' high-wire act were killed when their seven-person pyra- mid collapsed during a performance at the State Fair Colise- um in Detroit. On this date: In 1649, England's King Charles I was beheaded. In 1798, a brawl broke out in the U.S. House of Repre- sentatives in Philadelphia, as Matthew Lyon of Vermont spat in the face of Roger Griswold of Connecticut. In 1862, the ironclad USS Monitor was launched from the Continental Iron Works in Greenpoint, N.Y., during the Civil War. In 1882, the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was born in Hyde Park, N.Y. In 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. The first episode of the ''Lone Ranger'' radio program was broad- cast on station WXYZ in Detroit. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse (neh-too-RAHM' gahd-SAY'), a Hindu extremist. (Godse and a co-conspirator were later executed.) In 1961, President John F. Kennedy delivered his first State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. Author, journalist and radio commentator Dorothy Thomp- son died in Lisbon, Portugal, at age 67. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake In 1964, the United States launched Ranger 6, an unmanned spacecraft carrying television cameras that crash- landed on the moon, but failed to send back images. In 1968, the Tet Offensive began during the Vietnam War as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese provincial capitals. In 1972, 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers were shot to death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as ''Bloody Sunday.'' In 1981, an estimated two million New Yorkers turned out for a ticker-tape parade honoring the freed American hostages from Iran. In 1982, actor-comedian Stanley Holloway died in Little- hampton, West Sussex, England, at age 91. Ten years ago: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the United States would watch closely to see what Iraq, Iran and North Korea did next, a day after President George W. Bush singled them out as part of a dangerous ''axis of evil.'' Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai (HAH'-mihd KAHR'- zy) visited the World Trade Center site and placed a wreath of yellow roses by a memorial wall as he surveyed the ruins of Sept. 11. Five years ago: A propane tank explosion leveled the Flat Top Little General Store in Ghent, W.Va., killing four people. One year ago: Egypt's most prominent democracy advo- cate, Mohamed ElBaradei (ehl-BEHR'-uh-day), called for President Hosni Mubarak to resign during an address to thou- sands of protesters in Cairo who were defying a curfew for a third night. Rachid Ghanouchi (gah-NOO'-shee), leader of the long-outlawed Tunisian Islamist party, returned home after two decades in exile. Today's Birthdays: Actress Dorothy Malone is 87. Pro- BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker ducer-director Harold Prince is 84. Actor Gene Hackman is 82. Actress Tammy Grimes is 78. Actress Vanessa Redgrave is 75. Chess grandmaster Boris Spassky is 75. Country singer Jeanne Pruett is 75. Country singer Norma Jean is 74. Former Vice President Dick Cheney is 71. Rock singer Marty Balin is 70. Rhythm-and-blues musician William King (The Com- modores) is 63. Singer Phil Collins is 61. Actor Charles S. Dutton is 61. World Golf Hall of Famer Curtis Strange is 57. Actress-comedian Brett Butler is 54. Singer Jody Watley is 53. Actor-filmmaker Dexter Scott King is 51. The King of Jordan, Abdullah II, is 50. Actor Norbert Leo Butz is 45. Country singer Tammy Cochran is 40. Actor Christian Bale is 38. Actor Wilmer Valderrama is 32. Thought for Today: ''Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.'' — Harold Wilson, British prime minister (1916-1995). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP