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  1. #OTD (March 2) in 1891, a trial of the nine accused #Mafia assassins of #NewOrleans Police Chief David #Hennessy is interrupted by an outburst from defendant Manuel #Polizzi.

    Read about this on Writers of Wrongs.
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  2. #OTD (Dec 22) in 1903, Ignazio #Lupo marries Salvatrice #Terranova in #Manhattan, with Giuseppe #Morello and Nicolina Salemi serving as witnesses.

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  3. #OTD (Dec 22) in 1903, Ignazio #Lupo marries Salvatrice #Terranova in #Manhattan, with Giuseppe #Morello and Nicolina Salemi serving as witnesses.

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  4. #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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  5. #OTD (Dec 21) in 1946, convicted counterfeiter Ignazio #Lupo is released from Atlanta Federal Prison upon the expiration of his sentence.

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  6. #OTD (Dec 21) in 1946, convicted counterfeiter Ignazio #Lupo is released from Atlanta Federal Prison upon the expiration of his sentence.

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  7. #OTD (Dec 07) in 1920, paroled counterfeiter Ignazio #Lupo files an application for executive clemency to end his parole and permit travel overseas.

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  8. #OTD (Dec 07) in 1920, paroled counterfeiter Ignazio #Lupo files an application for executive clemency to end his parole and permit travel overseas.

    #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory #NYC

  9. #OTD (Dec 01) in 1908, creditors note that Ignazio #Lupo has abandoned his grocery business in #NewYork, leaving behind more than $100,000 in debts.

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  10. #OTD (Dec 01) in 1908, creditors note that Ignazio #Lupo has abandoned his grocery business in #NewYork, leaving behind more than $100,000 in debts.

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  11. #OTD (Nov 30) in 1937, Paul #Vario of #Brooklyn and four other men are arraigned for conspiracy to obstruct justice and subornation of perjury.

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  12. #OTD (Nov 27) in 1957, #FBI Chief J. Edgar #Hoover issues a memo setting out the requirements of an enhanced Top Hoodlum Program focusing on interstate racketeers.

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  13. #OTD (Nov 15) in 1909, Giuseppe #Morello (shown), Ignazio #Lupo and a dozen others are arrested in #NewYorkCity for running a #counterfeiting plant at an upstate #NewYork location.

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  14. #OTD (Nov 15) in 1909, Giuseppe #Morello (shown), Ignazio #Lupo and a dozen others are arrested in #NewYorkCity for running a #counterfeiting plant at an upstate #NewYork location.

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  15. #OTD (Nov 11) in 1957, southern #California #Mafia leaders Frank #DeSimone and Simone #Scozzari (shown) and northern California leaders James #Lanza and Joseph #Cerrito take rooms at the New Yorker Hotel in #NewYork City.

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  16. #OTD (Nov 07) in 1913, condemned murderer Joseph #Buonomo is transfered from #BridgeportCT to state prison in #WethersfieldCT, where he is scheduled to be hanged in March.

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  17. #OTD (Nov 03) in 1938, Thomas #Galati of #Cleveland is the fourth of five suspects to be convicted of the murder of #YoungstownOH gangster Roy 'Happy' #Marino.

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  18. #OTD (Oct 30) in 1921, Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty advises Ignazio #Lupo that he has permission to travel to Sicily.

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  19. #OTD (Oct 30) in 1921, Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty advises Ignazio #Lupo that he has permission to travel to Sicily.

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  20. #OTD (Oct 29) in 1959, John #DeMarco of #Cleveland suffers a heart attack on the first day of an #Apalachin related obstruction trial of 22 defendants in #NewYork.

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  21. #OTD (Oct 29) in 1921, President Warren #Harding grants paroled counterfeiter Ignazio #Lupo (shown) a conditional #commutation of his sentence so Lupo can travel to Sicily.

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  22. #OTD (Oct 29) in 1921, President Warren #Harding grants paroled counterfeiter Ignazio #Lupo (shown) a conditional #commutation of his sentence so Lupo can travel to Sicily.

    #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory