In the present day is Thursday, Oct. 17, the 291st day of 2024. There are 75 days left within the yr.
In the present day in historical past:
On Oct. 17, 1989, an earthquake measuring 6.9 in magnitude struck northern California, killing 63 individuals and inflicting as much as $10 billion price of harm.
Additionally on this date:
In 1777, British forces underneath Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to American troops in Saratoga, New York, in a turning level of the Revolutionary Warfare.
In 1931, mobster Al Capone was convicted in Chicago of earnings tax evasion; he could be sentenced to 11 years in jail.
In 1933, Albert Einstein arrived in the USA as a refugee from Nazi Germany.
In 1967, Puyi, the final emperor of China, died in Beijing at age 61.
In 1979, Mom Teresa of India was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1989, Sport 3 of the World Collection was canceled because the Loma Prieta earthquake struck Northern California simply half-hour earlier than the sport was scheduled to start at Candlestick Park in San Francisco; the sport would ultimately be performed 10 days later.
In 2018, residents of the Florida Panhandle neighborhood of Mexico Seaside who had fled Hurricane Michael every week earlier returned to search out homes, companies and campers ripped to shreds; the storm had killed at the very least 59 individuals and brought on greater than $25 billion in harm in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia.
In the present day’s Birthdays:
- Singer Gary Puckett is 82.
- Actor-musician Michael McKean is 77.
- Actor George Wendt is 76.
- Astronaut Mae Jemison is 68.
- Nation singer Alan Jackson is 66.
- Movie critic Richard Roeper is 65.
- Movie director Rob Marshall is 64.
- Animator-filmmaker Mike Decide is 62.
- Reggae singer Ziggy Marley is 56.
- Actor Wooden Harris is 55.
- Musician Wyclef Jean (zhahn) is 55.
- Golf Corridor of Famer Ernie Els is 55.
- Singer Chris Kirkpatrick (’N Sync) is 53.
- Rapper Eminem is 52.
- Actor Matthew Macfadyen is 50.
- Actor Felicity Jones is 41.
