MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2011

Today is Monday, October 17, the 290th day of 2011. There are 75 days left in the year.

1860 ― First pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins)

1871 ― President Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus

1918 ― Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic

1931 ― Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison

1933 ― Albert Einstein arrives in the U.S., a refugee from Nazi Germany

1945 ― Juan Peron becomes dictator of Argentina

1957 ― French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

1967 ― The play ``Hair" is 1st performed

1973 ― Five-month oil embargo by Arab states against U.S. and Netherlands begins

1979 ― Mother Teresa of India awarded the Nobel Peace Prize