As of Sept. 27, 2008, the sun had been blank, i.e., had no visible sunspots, on 200 days of the year. To find a year with more blank suns, you have to go back to 1954, three years before the launch of Sputnik, when the sun was blank 241 times.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/30sep_blankyear.htm?list1066509
This is what a spotless sun looks like.
