OCTOBER 17th
2006 - The United States population reaches 300 million.
1979 - Mother Teresa of India, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
1931 - Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion, the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s
1871 - President Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus.
1604 - Kepler's Star: German astronomer Johannes Kepler observes a supernova in the constellation Ophiuchus.

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