At the moment is Thursday, Oct. 17, the 291st day of 2024. There are 75 days left within the 12 months.
At the moment in historical past:
On Oct. 17, 1989, an earthquake measuring 6.9 in magnitude struck northern California, killing 63 folks and inflicting as much as $10 billion value 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 Conflict.
In 1931, mobster Al Capone was convicted in Chicago of earnings tax evasion; he can be sentenced to 11 years in jail.
In 1933, Albert Einstein arrived in america 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, Recreation 3 of the World Sequence 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 group of Mexico Seashore who had fled Hurricane Michael every week earlier returned to seek out homes, companies and campers ripped to shreds; the storm had killed no less than 59 folks and brought about greater than $25 billion in injury in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia.
At the moment’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 Choose 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.