The birth of the mob and everything since.
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December 16, 1985
Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano and his underboss, Thomas Bilotti, are killed outside a Manhattan steakhouse by an assassin led by John Gotti, who inherits leadership of the crime family.
January 15, 1983
Meyer Lansky, financial genius behind the national crime syndicate, dies of natural causes in Miami Beach, Florida.
October 4, 1982
Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, who oversaw the Stardust casino skim for the Chicago Outfit, survives a car bombing in a Las Vegas restaurant parking lot.
July 4, 1981
Six of the 10 known members of Chicago mobster Tony Spilotro’s Hole-in-the-Wall Gang are arrested in a botched burglary attempt in Las Vegas.
July 30, 1975
Former Teamsters Union President Jimmy Hoffa, who partnered with mobsters, disappears from suburban Detroit. His body is never found.
June 20, 1975
Sam Giancana, former boss of the Chicago Outfit, is killed in his home in Oak Park, Illinois.