Al Capone, one of the most notorious gangsters in American history, was convicted of tax evasion on October 17, 1931, marking the fall of a man who had built a criminal empire in Chicago. While Capone was involved in numerous illegal activities, including bootlegging,…
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It’s the most famous mob killings of all time. The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre is one of the most notorious events in the annals of American crime history, epitomizing the violence of the Prohibition era and the battle for control over the lucrative bootlegging…
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On January 17, 1920, Americas beer taps went dry. On that day, The Volstead Act, officially known as the National Prohibition Act, passed by Congress a few months earlier, went into effect. The new law provided for the enforcement of the 18th Amendment to…
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