This Week in History
– Ronald Reagan
October 17
1871 – President Grant suspends the writ of habeas corpus in South Carolina where the Ku Klux Klan is active.
1885 – Baseball sets all player’s salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season.
1888 – The first issue of “National Geographic Magazine” is released at newsstands.
1919 – Radio Corporation of America (RCA) is created.
1931 – Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in prison. He died January 25, 1947, after a stroke at the age of 48, having suffered from syphilis for many years.
1933 – “News-Week” appears for the first time at newsstands. The name is later changed to “Newsweek.”
1933 – Albert Einstein arrives in the U.S. as a refugee from Nazi Germany.