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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Tuesday, July 31, 2012 – Daily News 3B Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, July 31, the 213th day of 2012. There are 153 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 31, 1942, Oxfam International had its beginnings as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief was founded in England. DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1777, the Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French nobleman, was made a major-general in the American Con- tinental Army. On this date: In 1875, the 17th president of the United States, Andrew Johnson, died in Carter County, Tenn., at age 66. In 1912, Nobel Prize-winning American economist Mil- ton Friedman was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1919, Germany's Weimar Constitution was adopted by the republic's National Assembly. In 1930, the radio character ''The Shadow'' made his GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1957, the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations designed to detect Soviet bombers approach- ing North America, went into operation. In 1964, the American space probe Ranger 7 reached the moon, transmitting pictures back to Earth before crashing onto the lunar surface. In 1971, Apollo 15 crew members David Scott and James Irwin became the first astronauts to use a lunar rover on the surface of the moon. debut as narrator of the ''Detective Story Hour'' on CBS Radio. In 1972, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Thomas Eagleton withdrew from the ticket with George McGovern following disclosures that Eagleton had once undergone psychiatric treatment. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1989, a pro-Iranian group in Lebanon released a gris- ly videotape showing the body of American hostage William R. Higgins, a Marine lieutenant-colonel, dangling from a rope. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush and Soviet Presi- dent Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Moscow. In 1992, the former Soviet republic of Georgia was admitted to the United Nations as its 179th member. Thai Airways Flight 311, an Airbus A310, crashed while approaching Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal; all 113 people aboard died. Ten years ago: A bomb exploded inside a cafeteria at the BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake Hebrew University of Jerusalem, killing nine people, includ- ing five Americans. Pope John Paul II canonized Juan Diego, the first Indian saint in the Americas, in a Mexico City ceremony. Five years ago: The Army censured retired three-star Lt. Gen. Philip Kensinger for a ''perfect storm of mistakes, mis- judgments and a failure of leadership'' after the 2004 friend- ly-fire death in Afghanistan of Army Ranger Pat Tillman. One year ago: Ending a perilous stalemate, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders announced a his- toric agreement on emergency legislation to avert the nation's first-ever financial default. Syrian security forces launched a ferocious assault on defiant cities and towns, killing at least 70 people and possibly many more. Today's Birthdays: Actor Don Murray is 83. Jazz com- BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker poser-musician Kenny Burrell is 81. Actor Geoffrey Lewis is 77. Actress France Nuyen is 73. Actress Susan Flannery is 73. Singer Lobo is 69. Actress Geraldine Chaplin is 68. Former movie studio executive Sherry Lansing is 68. Singer Gary Lewis is 67. Actor Richard Griffiths is 65. Actor Lane Davies is 62. International Tennis Hall of Famer Evonne Goolagong Cawley is 61. Actor Alan Autry is 60. Actor James Read is 59. Actor Michael Biehn is 56. Rock singer- musician Daniel Ash (Love and Rockets) is 55. Entrepre- neur Mark Cuban is 54. Rock musician Bill Berry is 54. Actor Wesley Snipes is 50. Country singer Chad Brock is 49. Musician Fatboy Slim is 49. Author J.K. Rowling is 47. Actor Dean Cain is 46. Actor Ben Chaplin is 43. Thought for Today: ''Only government can take per- fectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.'' — Milton Friedman (1912- 2006). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP