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