SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2011

Today is Saturday, October 15, the 288th day of 2011. There are 77 days left in the year.

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

1582 ― Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days

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

1860 ― 11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard

1878 ― Edison Electric Light Company incorporated

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

1964 ― Kosygin and Brezhnev replace Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev

1969 ― Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war

1989 ― Billy Graham is given the 1,900th star on Hollywood Blvd

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