Associated Press

On Oct. 17, 1777, British forces under Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to American troops in the city of Saratoga, New York, in a significant turning point in the struggle for American independence.

In 1931, mobster Al Capone was convicted in Chicago of income tax evasion; he would be sentenced to 11 years in prison.

In 1933, Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee fleeing persecution from Nazi Germany.

In 1967, Puyi, the last emperor of China, died in Beijing at age 61.

In 1979, Mother Teresa of India was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

In 2018, residents of the Florida Panhandle community of Mexico Beach who had fled Hurricane Michael a week earlier returned to find houses, businesses and campers destroyed; the storm had killed at least 59 people and caused more than $25 billion in damage.