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Today in History: October 17
Today in History: October 17: In 1989 an earthquake measuring 6.9 in magnitude struck northern California; In 1777, British forces under Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to American troops in Saratoga, New York; In 1931, mobster Al Capone was convicted in Chicago of income tax evasion; In 1933, Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany; In 1967, Puyi, the last emperor of China, died in Beijing at age 61; In 1979, Mother Teresa of India was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Today in History: October 10
Today in History: October 10: In 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy was established; In 1935, the George Gershwin opera “Porgy and Bess,” featuring an all-Black cast, opened on Broadway; In 1966, the Beach Boys’ single “Good Vibrations” was released; In 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned his office; In 2001, a month after the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. jets pounded the Afghan capital of Kabul; In 1911, Chinese revolutionaries launched an uprising that led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty. In 2024 Ethel Kennedy, civil rights activist and wife of the late Senator Robert F Kennedy, passed away a day after suffering a stroke.