This Day in History - October 17
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:11 am
1931 - Mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion for which he was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
1933 - Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany.
1979 - Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor in Calcutta, India.
1989 - An earthquake measuring 7.1 in magnitude killed 67 and injured over 3,000 in San Francisco.