WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2008

Today is Wednesday, October 15, the 289th day of 2008. There are 77 days left in the year.

1520 _ King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes at Whitehall

1789 _ First presidential tour _ George Washington in New England

1846 _ Dr. William Thomas Green Morton first public use of ether

1878 _ Edison Electric Light Company incorporated

1937 _ Ernest Hemingway novel ``To Have & Have Not" published

1964 _ Kosygin and Brezhnev replace Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev

1977 _ Debbie Boone's ``You Light Up My Life," goes No. 1 & stays No. 1 for 10 weeks

1988 _ Amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires

1989 _ Wayne Gretsky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all time top scorer

1991 _ Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice (52-48)