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1777
British forces under Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to American troops in Saratoga, N.Y., in a turning point of the Revolutionary War.

1931
Mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in prison. (He was released in 1939)

1933
Physicist Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany.

1979
Mother Teresa of India was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on behalf of the destitute in Calcutta.

1989
An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck northern California, killing 67 people and causing $7 billion worth of damage.

2001
Israel's tourism minister, Rehavam Zeevi was shot to death in the first assassination of a serving Cabinet minister by Palestinians.

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