Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/October 17
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- 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon.
- 1931 - Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion.
- 1933 - Albert Einstein, fleeing Nazi Germany, moves to the US.
- 1991 - "Pulling a Homer" is invented.
- 2006 - The United States population reaches 300 million.