17 October 1931 October 16, 2021 Author: Staff Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines." Bertrand Russell — Click here for more from Bertrand Russell Related posts: 17 October 1931 17 October 1931 24 October 1931 1 October 1931 1 May 1931 14 March 1931 3 February 1931 25 March 1931 5 February 1931 25 March 1931 Categories: History Tags: 17 October, 1931