📜 This Day in History

October 17

• 1346Hundred Years' War: Under the terms of Scotland's Auld Alliance with France, King David II of Scotland was captured at the Battle of Neville's Cross following his invasion of England.
• 1771Ascanio in Alba, an opera composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of 15, premiered in Milan.
• 1860The Open Championship, the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf, was first played at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland.
• 1931American gangster Al Capone was convicted on five counts of income-tax evasion.
• 1973Yom Kippur War: Egyptian forces retreated from the Battle of the Chinese Farm, allowing Israeli forces to build their first bridge across the Suez Canal.
• 2001Rehavam Ze'evi, the Israeli minister of tourism, was assassinated in revenge for the killing of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa.

Born on this day

• 1912Pope John Paul I (died 1978)
• 1915Arthur Miller, American playwright and screenwriter (died 2005)
• 1918Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer and dancer (died 1987)
• 1972Eminem, American rapper, producer, and actor