On This Day in 1922 Salvatore La Barbera was Born
On this day in 1922 the Sicilian mobster Salvatore La Barbera was born. La Barbera had the pleasure of sitting on the first Mafia Commission…
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The Roaring Twenties Mobster Slang
The roaring 20’s was an age where Prohibition was enforced across the US bringing radical social and political changes. The Jazz age had touched down…
Philip Rastelli: Born On This Day in 1918
On this day in 1918 Philip Rastelli was born. He was a former boss of the Bonanno Crime Family, having become boss in the fall…
John Nardi: Born On This Day in 1916
On this day John Nardi was born back in 1916. Nardi was a Cleveland Crime Family associate who switched sides in a 1970’s gang war,…
On This Day in 1914 Antonio Giordano was Born
On this day in 1914 the boss of the St. Louis Crime Family was born. Antonio Giordano rose to become boss of the family in…
On This Day In 1914 Johnny Dio was Born
On this day in 1914 the labor racketeer who helped Jimmy Hoffa become General President of the Teamsters Union was born. Johnny Dio who was…
Thomas Hale Boggs was Born On This Day in 1914
On this day in 1914 Future Louisiana Congressman Thomas Hale Boggs is born in Mississippi. While there is no obvious evidence available that Boggs was…
Jimmy Hoffa was Born On This Day in 1913
On this day in 1913 James Riddle Hoffa was born in Brazil, Indiana. Jimmy Hoffa was a labor union leader throughout the 60’s and 70’s…