At the moment is Friday, Oct. 17, the 290th day of 2025. There are 75 days left within the 12 months.
At the moment in historical past:
On Oct. 17,1933, Albert Einstein arrived in the USA as a refugee from Nazi Germany.
Additionally on this date:
In 1777, British forces beneath 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 could be sentenced to 11 years in jail, fined $50,000 and ordered to pay again taxes. Capone was launched in 1939.
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, a magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck northern California, killing 63 individuals and inflicting as much as $10 billion value of injury.
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 finally be performed 10 days later.
In 2024, Israel introduced its forces in Gaza killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of 2023’s Hamas-led assault on southern Israel by which militants kidnapped 251 individuals and killed some 1,200 others, prompting Israel’s retaliatory battle that has killed tens of 1000’s of Palestinians within the small coastal strip.
At the moment’s Birthdays:
- Singer Gary Puckett is 83.
- Actor-musician Michael McKean is 78.
- Astronaut Mae Jemison is 69.
- Nation singer Alan Jackson is 67.
- Movie director Rob Marshall is 65.
- Animator-filmmaker Mike Decide is 63.
- Reggae singer Ziggy Marley is 57.
- Actor Wooden Harris is 56.
- Musician Wyclef Jean is 56.
- Golf Corridor of Famer Ernie Els is 56.
- Singer Chris Kirkpatrick (’N Sync) is 54.
- Rapper Eminem is 53.
- Actor Matthew Macfadyen is 51.
- Actor Felicity Jones is 42.
- Singer-songwriter Nikki Lane is 42.
