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- The Big Bankroll
- The Fox
- New Orleans Police Chief David Hennessy
- Black Hand Mafia
- Charles “Lucky” Luciano
- Al Capone Born
- New York Police Department Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino Murdered
- U.S. Bureau of Investigation Established
- 18th Amendment Ban
- Chicago White Sox
- Volstead Act
- Prohibition Begins
- “Big Jim” Killed
- J. Edgar Hoover Director of FBI
- Prosecuted for not paying taxes
- Arnold Rothstein
- St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
- Wide open gambling
- Joe the Boss Killed
- Salvatore Maranzano Killed
- Al Capone Convicted
- 21st Amendment
- Prohibition is repealed
- Charles “Lucky” Luciano convicted
- Charles “Lucky” Luciano released
- Havana Conference
- The Flamingo Hotel Opens
- Al Capone dies
- Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel Killed
- The Desert Inn Hotel Opens
- Kefauver Committee established
- Kefauver Committee First Hearing
- Kefauver Committee meets in Las Vegas
- Kefauver Committee Final Report
- Benny Binion Sentenced
- McClellan Committee Established
- Frank Costello Assassination Attempt
- Albert Anastasia killed
- Apalachin Meeting
- Fidel Castro takes control
- John F. Kennedy elected president
- Charles “Lucky” Luciano dies
- Joseph Valachi testifies
- President John F. Kennedy assassinated
- Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald
- Howard Hughes moves to Las Vegas
- Vito Genovese dies
- RICO becomes law
- The Godfather debuts
- J. Edgar Hoover dies
- Sam Giancana killed
- Jimmy Hoffa disappears
- Tony Spilotro Gang arrested
- Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal survives car bombing
- Meyer Lansky dies
- Paul Castellano killed
- Tony Spilotro beaten to death
- Mafia Commission case
- Pizza Connection
- GOODFELLAS DEBUTS
- John Gotti convicted
- Casino debuts
- John Gotti dies
- “Family Secrets” trial
- James “Whitey” Bulger arrested
- The Mob Museum opens
- James “Whitey” Bulger convicted
“Big Jim” Killed
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.