The birth of the mob and everything since.
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May 10, 1924
J. Edgar Hoover is appointed director of the U.S. Bureau of Investigation.
May 11, 1920
Chicago Mob boss “Big Jim” Colosimo is killed, putting Johnny “The Fox” Torrio and his lieutenant, Al Capone, in charge of Chicago’s Southside Gang.
January 17, 1920
Prohibition becomes the law of the United States.
October 28, 1919
Congress passes the Volstead Act, providing legal definitions of alcoholic beverages and establishing penalties for Prohibition violations.
1919
Eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspire with gamblers, possibly including New York Mob boss Arnold Rothstein, to purposely lose the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.
January 16, 1919
Congress ratifies the 18th Amendment to the Constitution banning the manufacture, sale or transport of alcohol.