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2A Daily News – Thursday, October 17, 2013 Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Oct. 17, the 290th day of 2013. There are 75 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 17, 1777, British forces under Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to American troops in Saratoga, N.Y., in a turning point of the Revolutionary War. On this date: In 1610, French King Louis XIII, age 9, was crowned at Reims, five months after the assassination of his father, Henry IV. In 1711, Jupiter Hammon, the first black poet to have his work published in America, was born on Long Island, N.Y., into a lifetime of slavery. In 1931, mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion. (Sentenced to 11 years in prison, Capone was released in 1939.) In 1933, Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany. In 1973, Arab oil-producing nations announced they would begin cutting back oil exports to Western nations and Japan; the result was a total embargo that lasted until March 1974. In 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck northern California, killing 63 people and causing $6 billion worth of damage. Ten years ago:The House and Senate voted to spend some $87 billion earmarked for securing peace and eliminating terrorist threats in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five years ago: Wall Street ended a tumultuous week that turned out to be its best in five years. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 127 points, closing at 8,852.22, but turned in the strong week because of two huge days of gains — a record 936-point jump the previous Monday and an increase of 401 points on Thursday. Today's Birthdays: Actress Marsha Hunt is 96. Actress Julie Adams is 87. Newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin is 83. Country singer Earl Thomas Conley is 72. Singer Jim Seals (Seals & Crofts) is 71. Singer Gary Puckett is 71. Actor Michael McKean is 66. Actress Margot Kidder is 65. Actor George Wendt is 65. Actor-singer Bill Hudson is 64. Astronaut Mae Jemison is 57. Country singer Alan Jackson is 55. Actor Grant Shaud is 53. Animator Mike Judge is 51. Actor-comedian Norm Macdonald is 50. Reggae singer Ziggy Marley is 45. Golfer Ernie Els is 44. Rapper Eminem is 41. Thought for Today: ''The thinking of a genius does not proceed logically. It leaps with great ellipses. It pulls knowledge from God knows where.'' — Dorothy Thompson, American journalist (1894-1961).