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PEANUTS® By Charles Schultz Tuesday, August 21, 2012 – Daily News 5B Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Aug. 21, the 234th day of 2012. There are 132 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 21, 1912, the Boy Scouts of America named its first Eagle Scout, Arthur Rose Eldred of Troop 1 in Rockville Centre, N.Y. On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1609, Galileo Galilei demonstrated his new telescope to a group of officials atop the Campanile in Venice. In 1831, Nat Turner led a violent slave rebellion in Vir- ginia resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people. (He was later executed.) In 1858, the first of seven debates between Illinois sena- torial contenders Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place. In 1878, the American Bar Association was founded in Saratoga, N.Y. GARFIELD® By Jim Davis In 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's ''Mona Lisa'' was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris. (The painting was recov- ered two years later in Italy.) In 1940, exiled Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in a Mexican hospital from wounds inflicted by an assassin the day before. executive order making Hawaii the 50th state. In 1961, country singer Patsy Cline recorded the Willie Nelson song ''Crazy'' in Nashville for Decca Records. (The recording was released in October 1961.) In 1972, the Republican National Convention opened in Miami Beach. In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an In 1991, the hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian federation President Boris N. Yeltsin. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1992, an 11-day siege began at the cabin of white sep- aratist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, as government agents tried to arrest Weaver for failing to appear in court on charges of selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns; in the resulting shootout, Weaver's teenage son, Samuel, and Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan were killed. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush told reporters BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker a Category 5 storm. The postwar Iraqi tribunal trying former Saddam Hussein aides opened its third proceeding, putting former Defense Minister Ali Hassan al-Majid known as ''Chemical Ali,'' and 14 other men on trial. One year ago: Euphoric Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli and took control of the center with little resistance as Moam- mar Gadhafi's defenses collapsed and his four-decade regime appeared to be crumbling. Today's Birthdays: Former football player Pete Retzlaff is 81. Actor-director Melvin Van Peebles is 80. Playwright Mart Crowley (''The Boys in the Band'') is 77. Singer Kenny Rogers is 74. Actor Clarence Williams III is 73. Rock-and-roll musician James Burton is 73. Singer Harold Reid (The Statler Brothers) is 73. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 71. Football Hall of Famer Willie Lanier is 67. Actress Patty McCormack is 67. Pop singer-musician Carl Giammarese is 65. Actress Loretta Devine is 63. NBC newsman Harry Smith is 61. Singer Glenn Hughes is 60. Country musician Nick Kane is 58. Actress Kim Cattrall is 56. College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL quar- terback Jim McMahon is 53. Actress Cleo King is 50. MLB All-Star pitcher John Wetteland is 46. Rock singer Serj Tankian (System of a Down) is 45. Actress Carrie-Anne Moss is 42. MLB player Craig Counsell is 42. Rock musi- cian Liam Howlett (Prodigy) is 41. Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain Bolt is 26. Thought for Today: ''Paradoxical as it may seem, to at his Texas ranch that ousting Iraq's Saddam Hussein was ''in the interests of the world'' but indicated the United States was in no hurry. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chre- tien announced he would not seek a fourth straight term, and would step down in 2004. Five years ago: Hurricane Dean struck Mexico's coast as believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age.'' — Dorothy L. Sayers, English author (1893-1957). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP