1960 in organized crime
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1959 in organized crime
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1959 in organized crime
1959 in organized crime
See also:1958 in organized crime,other events of 1959,1960 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*January 1 - Syndicate casinos are seized by Fidel Castro government after Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees the country following the Cuban Revolution...
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other events of 1960,
1961 in organized crime
1961 in organized crime
See also:1960 in organized crime,other events of 1961,1962 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*October 8 - Albert Agueci, French Connection heroin smuggler for the Buffalo crime family, is severely tortured and murdered...
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list of 'years in Organized Crime'
Timeline of organized crime
This is a timeline of the history of organized crime.Note: Sources included are Carl Sifakis's The Mafia Encyclopedia, Herbert Asbury's The Gangs of New York and others. Online references also include Thomas P...
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Events
- April 7 – Johnny Dio is convicted of income tax evasion and later sentenced to four years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine.
- November 28 – Twenty mobsters arrested at the Apalachin Conference in 1957 are acquitted of conspiracy charges by a US appeals court.
Arts and literature
- Murder, Inc.Murder, Inc. (1960 film)Murder, Inc. is a 1960 American gangster film starring Stuart Whitman, May Britt, Henry Morgan, Peter Falk, and Simon Oakland. The Cinemascope movie was directed by Burt Balaban and Stuart Rosenberg. The screenplay was based on the true story of Murder Inc., a Brooklyn gang that operated in the...
(film) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054102/ starring Henry MorganHenry MorganAdmiral Sir Henry Morgan was an Admiral of the Royal Navy, a privateer, and a pirate who made a name for himself during activities in the Caribbean, primarily raiding Spanish settlements...
, Peter FalkPeter FalkPeter Michael Falk was an American actor, best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the television series Columbo...
, Vincent GardeniaVincent GardeniaVincent Gardenia was an Italian American stage, film, and television actor.-Early life:...
and Howard SmithHoward SmithHoward Smith may refer to:*Howard Smith , U.S. film director, journalist, broadcaster; Academy Award winner for feature-length documentary, 1972*Howard Smith , British ambassador and Director General of MI5, 1979–1981...
. - The Purple GangThe Purple GangThe Purple Gang, also known as the Sugar House Gang, were a mob with predominantly Jewish members of bootleggers and hijackers in the 1920s, operating out of Detroit, Michigan, which was a major port for running alcohol products during Prohibition due to proximity to Canada.Many openly violent...
(film) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054218/ starring Barry SullivanBarry Sullivan (actor)Barry Sullivan was an American movie actor who appeared in over 100 movies from the 1930s to the 1980s.Born in New York City, Sullivan fell into acting when in college playing semi-pro football...
and Robert BlakeRobert Blake (actor)Robert Blake is an American actor who starred in the film In Cold Blood and the U.S. television series Baretta. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted for the 2001 murder of his wife, but on November 18, 2005, Blake was found liable in a California civil court for her wrongful death.-Early...
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Births
- Carmine AgnelloCarmine AgnelloCarmine Agnello is a New York mobster from the Gambino crime family who was in scrap metal. In 1984, he married Victoria Gotti, daughter of mob boss John Gotti and had three sons, Carmine Agnello, John Agnello, and Frank Agnello, and also a stillborn daughter, Justine.In 2000, Agnello was arrested...
, member of Gambino crime familyGambino crime familyThe Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963... - June 21 – Costabile FaraceCostabile FaraceCostabile "Gus" Farace, Jr. was a low-level criminal with the Bonanno crime family who murdered a teenage male prostitute and a federal Drug Enforcement Agency agent in New York City.-Early years:Farace was born in 1960 in Bushwick to Costabile Farace Sr...
, MafiaMafiaThe Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
associate - September – Luigi PutroneLuigi PutroneLuigi Putrone was a Sicilian mafioso, considered to be head of a powerful Mafia clan based in Porto Empedocle, in the province of Agrigento....
, SicilianSicilySicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
MafiaMafiaThe Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
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