1777 – British forces under Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to American troops in Saratoga, N.Y., in a turning point of the Revolutionary War.
1931 – Gangster Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion.
1933 – Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany, settling in the United States and becoming an American citizen in 1940.
1989 – An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck northern California, killing 67 people and causing $7 billion worth of damage.
