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4B Daily News – Tuesday, February 14, 2012 PEANUTS® MONDAY COMICS By Charles Schultz Today in History DILBERT® By Scott Adams By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2012. There are 322 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 13, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was officially declared winner of the 1860 presidential election as electors cast their ballots. On this date: In 1542, the fifth wife of England's King Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, was executed for adultery. In 1741, Andrew Bradford of Pennsylvania published the first American magazine. ''The American Magazine, or A Monthly View of the Political State of the British Colonies'' lasted three issues. In 1914, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, known as ASCAP, was founded in New York. In 1920, the League of Nations recognized the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1935, a jury in Flemington, N.J. found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap-slay- ing of the son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (Hauptmann was later executed.) In 1945, during World War II, Allied planes began bomb- ing the German city of Dresden. The Soviets captured Budapest, Hungary, from the Germans. In 1960, France exploded its first atomic bomb in the Sahara Desert. In 1961, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York announced that three statues in its collection, supposedly Etruscan terra cotta warriors, were, in fact, forgeries. In 1972, the 11th Winter Olympics ended in Sapporo, Japan. In 1980, the 13th Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, N.Y. In 1988, the 15th winter Olympics opened in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, allied warplanes destroyed an underground shelter in Baghdad that had been identified as a military command center; Iraqi officials said 500 civilians were killed. Ten years ago: John Walker Lindh pleaded not guilty in federal court in Alexandria, Va., to conspiring to kill Amer- icans and supporting the Taliban and terrorist organizations. (Lindh later pleaded guilty to lesser offenses and was sen- tenced to 20 years in prison.) Five years ago: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Rom- BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake ney officially entered the 2008 presidential race in Michi- gan, the place of his birth. With Democrats in control, House members debated Iraq in an emotional and historic faceoff over a war that Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned as a com- mitment with ''no end in sight.'' One year ago: Egypt's military leaders dissolved parlia- ment, suspended the constitution and promised elections in moves cautiously welcomed by protesters who'd helped topple President Hosni Mubarak. Lady Antebellum was the big winner at the Grammys with five awards, including record and song of the year for the band's yearning crossover ballad ''Need You Now,'' but rockers Arcade Fire won the biggest prize, album of the year, for their highly acclaimed ''The Suburbs.'' Today's Birthdays: Former test pilot Charles E. BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker ''Chuck'' Yeager is 89. Actress Kim Novak is 79. Actor George Segal is 78. Actress Carol Lynley is 70. Singer- musician Peter Tork (The Monkees) is 70. Actress Stockard Channing is 68. Talk show host Jerry Springer is 68. Actor Bo Svenson is 68. Singer Peter Gabriel is 62. Actor David Naughton is 61. Rock musician Peter Hook is 56. Actor Matt Salinger is 52. Singer Henry Rollins is 51. Actor Neal McDonough is 46. Singer Freedom Williams is 46. Actress Kelly Hu is 44. Rock musician Todd Harrell (3 Doors Down) is 40. Singer Robbie Williams is 38. Rhythm-and- blues performer Natalie Stewart is 33. Actress Mena Suvari is 33. Thought for Today: ''An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.'' — C.S. Lewis, English author (1898-1963). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP