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#OTD (Sep 13)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

WeehawkenNJ #Pittsburgh #Newark #Brooklyn #LosAngeles #SpringfieldMO #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#NewOrleans #Mafia boss Joseph #Agnello had survived previous assassination attempts. But, #OTD (Sept 12) in 1871, the odds (and his underworld rivals) caught up with him.

https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/bloody-ends-of-early-nola-bosses-5f4?r=12oapz

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Sep 12) in 1931, bootlegger Joseph #Manino is shot to death in a #Brooklyn neighborhood known as Death Valley.

https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/09/death-valley-end-for-ambitious-gangster.html

#NYC #MafiaHistory #History #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Sep 12)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#NewOrleans #Brooklyn #CarbondalePA #Pittsburgh #BuffaloNY #Dallas #Philadelphia #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Sep 11)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#Brooklyn #SewickleyPA #EastHarlem #Poughkeepsie #Chicago #BuffaloNY #Florida #Milwaukee #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Sep 11)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#Brooklyn #SewickleyPA #EastHarlem #Poughkeepsie #Chicago #BuffaloNY #Florida #Milwaukee #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Sep 11)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#Brooklyn #SewickleyPA #EastHarlem #Poughkeepsie #Chicago #BuffaloNY #Florida #Milwaukee #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Sep 11)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#Brooklyn #SewickleyPA #EastHarlem #Poughkeepsie #Chicago #BuffaloNY #Florida #Milwaukee #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Sep 11)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#Brooklyn #SewickleyPA #EastHarlem #Poughkeepsie #Chicago #BuffaloNY #Florida #Milwaukee #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Aug 27)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#Chicago #BuffaloNY #PawtucketRI #Milwaukee #Brooklyn #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Aug 13)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#HopkintownMA #BraddockPA #Harlem #Brooklyn #Chicago #YoungstownOH #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD back in 1902, #Brooklyn boys discover a nearly beheaded male corpse within a potato sack at the #BayRidge shore.

https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/brooklyns-1902-sack-murder?r=12oapz

#MafiaHistory #History #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (July 23) in 1902, #BayRidge #Brooklyn boys taking a summer evening swim discover the victim of the #Mafia #SackMurder.

https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/07/brooklyns-1902-sack-murder-1-of-4.html

#NewYork #MafiaHistory #History #Histodons @mafiahistory

According to the 1959 Dom #Frasca #book, King of Crime, eastern U.S. #Mafia leaders assembled at Manhattan's Hotel Diplomat #OTD in 1946 for a banquet in honor of Vito #Genovese.

https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/06/peers-salute-genovese-after-murder.html

#NewYork #MafiaHistory #History #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (June 05)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#ConeyIsland #Boston #Tampa #RhodeIsland #NewOrleans #NewJersey #Pittsburgh #RochesterNY #WestSpringfieldMA #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (April 8) in 1962, #Genovese Crime Family leader Anthony “Tony #Bender” #Strollo stepped out of his #FortLeeNJ home, telling his wife Edna he'd be back in a few minutes.

https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2020/04/going-out-for-few-minutes.html

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (March 13) in 2019, the reputed boss of the #Gambino Crime Family was fatally shot outside his #StatenIsland home.

https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/03/gambino-chief-shot-killed-at-his-home.html

#NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

New today on Mafia Genealogy: The father of West Springfield, Massachusetts' Pugliano brothers, and co-founder of the popular Monte Carlo Restaurant, was a prolific bootlegger during Prohibition. https://mafiagenealogy.com/2026/02/13/the-bootlegging-pugliano-family-of-west-springfield-massachusetts/ #MafiaHistory #WestSpringfieldMA #SpringfieldMA #Genovese #Patriarca

#OTD (Dec 21) in 1935, #NewYorkCity Mayor Fiorello #LaGuardia temporarily bans the sale of #artichokes in the city to eliminate a criminal monopoly thought to be taking in $1 million a year.

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#OTD (Dec 16) in 1985, #Gambino Crime Family boss Paul #Castellano (shown) and his aide Thomas #Bilotti are shot to death in late afternoon in front of a #Manhattan restaurant.

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#Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Dec 11) in 1997, a federal grand jury indicts Lenine #Strollo (shown), his brother Dante Strollo and numerous others for #racketeering offenses in the #YoungstownOH area.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Dec 11) in 1990, federal #racketeering charges are lodged against #Gambino Crime Family leaders John J. #Gotti, Frank #Locascio, Salvatore #Gravano (shown) and Thomas Gambino.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Dec 10) in 1990, federal agents raid the Ravenite Social Club in #Manhattan and arrest #Gambino Crime Family leaders John #Gotti (shown), Frank #Locascio and Salvatore #Gravano.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Dec 02) in 1985, #Gambino Crime Family underboss Aniello #Dellacroce, 71, dies of natural causes at Mary Immaculate Hospital in #QueensNY.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Dec 01) in 1967, John J. #Gotti is arrested in #NewYork for #hijacking.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Nov 30) in 1989, using a concealed listening device, the #FBI records a meeting of #Gambino Crime Family leaders John #Gotti (shown), Sammy #Gravano and Frank #Locasio above the #Ravenite Social Club.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Nov 29) in 1998, brothers Lenny (shown) and Danny #Strollo of #YoungstownOH and several associates are charged with #racketeering and other crimes.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Nov 29) in 2006, A four-man #TampaFL crew of the #Gambino Crime Family is convicted of #racketeering by a federal jury.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Nov 27) in 1967, police detectives raid a #Brooklyn social club and arrest members of the #Gambino, #Genovese and #Colombo crime families.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Nov 25) in 1957, U.S. immigration officials charge Carlo #Gambino with entering the country illegally.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Nov 19) in 1983, the bullet-riddled body of #Gambino Crime Family associate Matteo #Sollena is found in the trunk of a car at #MarltonNJ.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Nov 18) in 2009, #Gambino Crime Family capodecina Gregory #DePalma dies at Butner Federal Medical Prison in #NorthCarolina.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Nov 16) in 1975, A #loansharking charge against #Gambino Crime Family boss Paul #Castellano is thrown out after a key witness refuses to testify at trial.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory #NYC

#OTD (Nov 12) in 1952, an informant tells the #FBI that underworld figures Albert #Anastasia and Anthony #Strollo arranged the election of Anthony #Provenzano (shown) as president of New Jersey Local 560 of the #Teamsters.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Nov 09) in 1999, #YoungstownOH boss Lenny #Strollo is sentenced to ten years for state crimes, a sentence that will run concurrently with a pending federal penalty.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Nov 07) in 2023, authorities arrest 10 alleged members and associates of the #NewYork based #Gambino Crime Family, charging them with racketeering, extortion, conspiracy, fraud and witness retaliation.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Nov 04) in 1971, the scheduled deportation of #NewYork crime boss Carlo #Gambino is canceled after a heart attack puts him in the hospital.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Oct 31) in 1967, Lenny #Strollo of #YoungstownOH begins serving a nine-year #counterfeiting sentence imposed four years earlier.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Oct 27) in 1940, future #NewYork crime boss John J. #Gotti is born.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Oct 22) in 1945, Albert #Anastasia, Anthony #Strollo (shown) and other #NewYork mobsters force striking dockworkers to return to work.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Oct 21) in 1999, Danny #Strollo of #CampbellOH is sentenced to 46 months in prison for #racketeering.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Oct 18) in 1991, Venero #Mangano, Benedetto Aloi and Dennis DeLucia are convicted of skimming millions of dollars in #NewYork City window installation contracts. Five others, including Peter #Gotti (shown), are acquitted.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory #NYC

#OTD (Oct 15) in 1976, #NewYork crime boss Carlo #Gambino, 74, dies following a heart attack.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Oct 03) in 2008, a federal jury convicts Vincent #Artuso and three associates of racketeering and other charges. The group is said to be a #Gambino Crime Family crew, which operated in south #Florida.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Sep 26) in 2006, the jury in the third #racketeering trial of John A. 'Junior' #Gotti informs the judge that it is deadlocked. The judge asks the panel to continue deliberations.

#MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

#OTD (Sep 23) in 1960, #Gambino Crime Family capodecina Vincent #Squillante disappears.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory #NYC

#OTD (Sep 22) in 2005, #Gambino Crime Family lieutenant Dominick #Pizzonia is charged with the 1992 murders of Thomas and Rosemarie #Uva.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory #NYC

#OTD (Sep 22) in 1966, police raid the #LaStella Restaurant in #QueensNY to discover a meeting of top #Mafia leaders Carlo #Gambino, Tommy Eboli, Joe Colombo, Joey Gallo, Mike Miranda, Aniello Dellacroce, Santo #Trafficante, Carlos #Marcello and others.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory #NYC

#OTD (Sep 21) in 1961, Aniello #Dellacroce of the #Gambino Crime Family is assaulted at a #Manhattan restaurant by #Gallo gangsters of the #Profaci Crime Family.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory #NYC