Events
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Frankie Yale takes leadership of the
Unione Siciliane
The Italian-American National Union (formerly known as Unione Siciliana) was a Sicilian-American organization, which controlled much of the Italian vote within the United States during the early twentieth century. It was based in Chicago, Illinois. ...
after founder
Ignazio "the Wolf" Lupo is convicted of numerous charges ranging from
extortion to murder.
*Tong leader
Mock Duck, upon his release from
Sing Sing prison, retires from crime.
*June 6 –
Ciro Terranova is charged with ordering the deaths of Charles Lombardi, Joe DiMarco, and Michael Hayes, however the case is later dropped.
Births
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Michael James Genovese Michael James Genovese (April 9, 1919 – October 31, 2006) was an alleged boss of the Pittsburgh crime family. References to Michael Genovese as the brother of New York mob boss Vito Genovese are to a different Michael Genovese; Michael James Genov ...
, Pittsburgh crime family Boss and possible cousin of
Vito Genovese
*January 31 –
Philip Rastelli "Rusty",
Bonanno crime family Don
References
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Organized crime
Years in organized crime