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2B Daily News – Tuesday, November 20, 2012 PEANUTS® MONDAY COMICS By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Nov. 19, the 324th day of 2012. There are 42 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania. On this date: DILBERT® By Scott Adams In 1600, King Charles I of England was born in Dun- fermline, Fife, Scotland. Treaty, which resolved some issues left over from the Revo- lutionary War. In 1794, the United States and Britain signed Jay's Garfield, was born in Orange Township, Ohio. In 1887, American poet Emma Lazarus, who'd written In 1831, the 20th president of the United States, James ''The New Colossus'' to help raise money for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal, died in New York at age 38. In 1919, the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles GARFIELD® By Jim Davis (vehr-SY') by a vote of 55 in favor, 39 against, short of the two-thirds majority needed for ratification. In 1942, during World War II, Russian forces launched their winter offensive against the Germans along the Don front. In 1959, Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting pro- duction of the unpopular Edsel. In 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the second manned landing on the moon. In 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1985, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the first time as they began their summit in Geneva. In 1990, the pop duo Milli Vanilli were stripped of their Grammy Award because other singers had lent their voices to the ''Girl You Know It's True'' album. Ten years ago: An oil tanker carrying 20 million gallons of fuel oil broke in two and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off northwest Spain. U.N. weapons inspectors wrapped up a two-day visit to Iraq. The Senate voted 90-9 to approve cre- ation of the Department of Homeland Security. Five years ago: In Pakistan, a Supreme Court hand- BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker picked by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf dismissed legal challenges to his continued rule, opening the way for him to serve another five-year term — solely as a civilian president. The FBI reported hate crime incidents had risen nearly 8 percent in 2006. President George W. Bush announced that Fran Townsend, the leading White House-based terrorism adviser, was stepping down. Milo Radulovich, the Air Force Reserve lieutenant championed by CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow when the military threatened to decommission him during the anti-communist crackdown of the 1950s, died in Vallejo, Calif., at age 81. One year ago: Moammar Gadhafi's former heir appar- ent, Seif al-Islam, was captured by revolutionary fighters in the southern desert just over a month after his father was killed, setting off joyous celebrations across Libya. Today's Birthdays: Actor Alan Young is 93. Talk show host Larry King is 79. Former General Electric chief execu- tive Jack Welch is 77. Talk show host Dick Cavett is 76. Broadcasting and sports mogul Ted Turner is 74. Singer Pete Moore (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) is 73. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is 73. TV journalist Garrick Utley is 73. Actor Dan Haggerty is 71. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson is 71. Fashion designer Calvin Klein is 70. Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad is 63. Actor Robert Beltran is 59. Actress Kathleen Quinlan is 58. Actress Glynnis O'Connor is 57. Broadcast journalist Ann Curry is 56. Former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins is 56. Actress Allison Janney is 53. Rock musician Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) is 52. Actress Meg Ryan is 51. Actress-director Jodie Foster is 50. Actress Terry Farrell is 49. TV chef Rocco DiSpirito is 46. Actor Jason Scott Lee is 46. Thought for Today: ''The facts are always less than what really happened.'' — Nadine Gordimer, South African Nobel Prize-winning author. HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP