OCTOBER 17
1931: Mob boss Al Capone is found guilty of income tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in prison. He serves eight.
1933: Albert Einstein, now a refugee from Nazi Germany, arrives in New York.
1989: Countless people escape death from a San Francisco-area earthquake, leaving work early to see game 3 of the World Series between San Francisco and Oakland on TV. A total of 63 people die.
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