THURSDAY, Oct. 17, 2024

1492-Columbus sights isle of San Salvador (Watling Island, Bahamas)

1871-President Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus

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

1957-French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

1961-N.Y. Museum of Modern Art hung Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down, It wasn't corrected until Dec. 3rd

1977-West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages & killing 3 of the 4 hijackers

1986-U.S. Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens & offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982

1987-First World Series game in a covered stadium (Minnesota Metrodome) (World Series #84)

1988-31 reported dead as Ugandan jetliner crashes in fog near Rome