THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009

Today is Thursday, October 15, the 288th day of 2009. There are 77days left in the year.

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

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

1928 _ German dirigible ``Graf Zeppelin" lands in Lakehurst, N.J.

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

1951 _ ``I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV

1964 _ Kosygin and Brezhnev replace Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev

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

1985 _ Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit

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

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