Today is Wednesday, Oct. 15, the 288th day of 2003 with 77 to follow.

Today is Sunday, Sept. 7, the 250th day of 2003 with 115 to follow.

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 15, the 288th day of 2002 with 77 to follow.

It was on this date in 1940 that Nazi Germany launched the London blitz -- a bombing that Adolf Hitler believed would soften Britain for invasion. The plan failed and the invasion of England never materialized.

Today is Saturday, Sept. 7, the 250th day of 2002 with 115 to follow.

A weekly package of A Blast from the Past for Sept. 2-8.

Today is Monday, Oct. 15, the 288th day of 2001 with 77 to follow.