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2025-10-17

#OTD in 1929, Police Officer Blanke found Salvatore "Charlie #Luciano" #Lucania, severely beaten and bloody, on Hylan Boulevard in #StatenIsland.

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2025-10-17

(Oct 17) in 1929, Salvatore 'Charlie ' is found severely beaten and bleeding on .

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Clipping from Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Oct. 17, 1929. Headlines: "Gangster 'taken for ride' lives to tell about it. 'Lucky' Lucania forced into car, beaten and stabbed and thrown out in Staten Island road - pal of Rothstein bodyguard was quizzed in Hotsy Totsy murders."
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2025-10-16

(Oct 16) in 1929, racketeer Salvatore 'Charlie ' is forced into a limousine at 50th Street and Sixth Avenue in .

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Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania
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2025-10-11
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2025-10-02

(Oct 02) in 1974, after reviewing portions of the book, The Last Testament of Lucky , the dismisses the work as a complete fraud.

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2025-09-19

(Sep 19) in 1946, Salvatore 'Charlie ' in Italy obtains a six-month visa to visit .

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Salvatore "Charlie Luciano" Lucania
2025-08-31

#OTD (Aug 31) in 1951, narcotics investigators point to Italy as the source of #heroin reaching the U.S. and brand exiled gangster Salvatore 'Charlie #Luciano' Lucania the leader of a #Mafia drug smuggling operation.

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Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania
2025-08-29

#OTD (Aug 29) in 1930, press reports suggest that Salvatore 'Charlie #Luciano ' Lucania is accompanying Jack 'Legs' #Diamond on his trip to Europe.

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Clipping from August 30, 1930, New York Times reads: "Inquiries at the Department of Justice reveal that Diamond is not alone on the Baltic but is accompanied by four friends, Charles Green, alias Entratta, and men whose names are given as Treager, Lucania and Arcidiaco. They are all regarded here as undesirable as their chief and the aliens branch of the department stated tonight that all five would be refused permission to land in the Free State."
2025-08-28

#OTD (Aug 28) in 1922, pulled over for a traffic violation, Salvatore 'Charlie #Luciano' Lucania tells police he is a chauffeur.

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Salvatore Lucania, also known as Charlie Luciano.
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2025-08-12

Reflections of Luciano Messenjah
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2025-08-10

FISHER - Closing Party @ [UNVRS] - 25 Sep feat. Fisher (OZ), Luciano, Cole Knight + more

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2025-08-09

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2025-07-27

#OTD (July 27) in #OrganizedCrime #History: rivals grapple in #NYC, #BarrelMurder suspect is killed in #Connecticut, Colosimo criticizes #Chicago anti-vice crusade, #Luciano is arrested for gun possession, #Detroit mobsters are charged with murder, #LosAngeles shooting suspects are released, #Brasco undercover ends, "Fat Tony" dies in prison.

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Image of Anthony Salerno. Text reads: On this date, July 27...
in 1854, Bill 'the Butcher' Poole bests his gangland rival John Morrissey in a 'rough and tumble' fight at Manhattan's Amos Street.
in 1904, future New Jersey racketeer Abner 'Longie' Zwillman is born in Newark.
in 1909, former barrel murder suspect Giovanni Zarcone is shot to death at his family farm in Danbury, CT.
in 1914, Jim Colosimo of Chicago goes to the press to denounce a recent government anti-vice crusade.
in 1915, Fedele Penna and Joseph Soracci go to trial in Warren OH for the murder of Angelo Romagnini.
in 1926, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania and companion Joseph Scalise are arrested when found in possession of firearms. Lucania insists he had been hunting.
in 1928, a Dallas grand jury decides not to indict Joseph Civello for the shotgun killing of bootlegger Joseph DeCarlo.
in 1930, police raid the Grosse Pointe Village MI home of Joseph Catalanotte and arrest Catalanotte and four others as murder suspects.
in 1949, Los Angeles shooting suspects Anthony Trombino and Tony Brancato are released.
in 1981, FBI Special Agent Joseph Pistone's undercover assignment within the Bonanno Crime Family concludes.
in 1992, Anthony 'Fat Tony' Salerno, front man for the Genovese Crime Family in New York, dies at age 81 while in prison.
2025-07-25

#OTD (July 25) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Connecticut gives killer new trial, DiMarco is killed in #NYC, #Genovese is charged with burglary, #Marcello is pardoned, #Nucky is convicted, #NewOrleans leader dies, #Navy official reports on his aid to #Luciano, #Pittsburgh boss passes away at 81.

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Image of Vito Genovese. Text reads: On this date, July 25...
in 1892, a coroner's inquest at Hillsville PA finds Michael Tenora responsible for the murder of Louis DeMarsh.
in 1913, the Connecticut Supreme Court orders a new trial for Joseph Buonomo, earlier convicted of the murder of prostitute Jennie Cavallero.
in 1916, Giuseppe DiMarco is murdered in New York City. Ciro Terranova is believed to have ordered the killing.
in 1925, Vito Genovese is arrested in New York for burglary.
in 1930, convicted cop-killers Tony Mangiaracina, Carl Nasello and John Messino are executed in Missouri.
in 1935, the governor of Louisiana grants a pardon to crime figure Carlo Marcello, erasing assault and robbery convictions from his record.
in 1941, Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson of Atlantic City NJ is convicted of evading federal taxes.
in 1944, longtime New Orleans Mafia leader Corrada Giacona dies of natural causes.
in 1945, U.S. Navy Commander Charles Haffenden responds in writing to a superior's demand for information on his alleged efforts to win parole for Mafia boss Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania.
in 1957, Youngstown OH rackets leader Vincent DeNiro is sentenced to 30 days in jail for contempt of court.
in 2008, John Bazzano Jr., longtime western Pennsylvania racketeer and son of early 1930s crime boss John Bazzano Sr., dies at the age of 81.
2025-07-07

#OTD (July 7) in #OrganizedCrime #History: politicians & gangsters gather in #Brooklyn for Vanella dinner, Romano is fatally shot in #BronxNY, #Milano is arrested for #Cleveland murder, #Sinatra is linked with #Luciano, #Genovese faces drug charge, #Bonanno members get jail & fines for silence, Gallo group negotiates.

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Text reads: On this date, July 7...
in 1913, Martin Madden begins serving a four-year prison sentence for carrying an unlicensed firearm.
in 1919, underworld figures Paul Kelly, Frankie Yale and Frankie Marlow, local politicians and officials are among the attendees of a Coney Island banquet given for Robert Vanella.
in 1927, Adolph Romano is shot to death while driving on Morris Avenue in the Bronx.
in 1930, Frank Milano of Cleveland is arrested in connection with the murders of Joe Porrello and Sam Tilocco.
in 1949, during an arrest of deported New York Mafia boss Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania, Italian authorities find he possesses an addressbook with Frank Sinatra's home address in Hollywood.
in 1958, Vito Genovese is charged with conspiring to import and sell narcotics.
in 1964, Chicago Outfit leader Paul Ricca appeals a deportation order.
in 1966, nine members of the Bonanno Crime Family are sentenced to 30 days in jail and fines for refusing to cooperate with a grand jury probe into a Troutman Street gunfight.
in 1975, The New York Times reports that the Colombo Crime Family has entered into negotiations to end its war against the Gallo underworld faction.
2025-07-06

#OTD (July 6) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Bettini passes away, Milone is charged with #YonkersNY murder, three are nabbed for counterfeiting in #NYC, Genovese is wounded in #QueensNY, #Luciano faces gambling charge, #Cleveland racketeer is found murdered, #FBI arrests Moran, 'Tony Pro' takes the Fifth, #Bufalino appeals deportation.

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Image of Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano. Text reads: On this date, July 6...
in 1901, Mafia-linked counterfeiter Candelero Bettini passes away in New York City.
in 1906, NYPD Detective Sergeant Petrosino arrests Ignazio Milone for the murder of Andre Fendi.
in 1909, Secret Service agents arrest New Yorkers Giuseppe Clemente, Luigi Clemente and Salvatore Milano for counterfeiting.
in 1926, Vito Genovese of Woodhaven, Queens, is shot and wounded in the vestibule of his apartment building.
in 1927, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania is arrested for disorderly conduct and gambling.
in 1931, racketeer Larry 'Akron' Rubin of Cleveland is found murdered in his car northwest of Warren OH.
in 1946, the FBI arrests George 'Bugs' Moran and two accomplices in Kentucky, charging them with a string of bank robberies.
in 1959, Teamsters official Anthony Provenzano takes the Fifth Amendment 44 times in his appearance before the McClellan Committee. Rosario 'Russell' Bufalino files appeal of deportation order.
2025-07-04

#OTD (July 4) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Gang war erupts in #NYC, #anarchist bomb destroys #Harlem building, #Coll escapes briefly, weapons of #Yale murder are recovered, #Luciano & #Lucchese & Biondo are questioned in #Cleveland, gangster is found dead near #EndicottNY, Attardi begins #Leavenworth sentence.

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Image of Salvatore "Charlie Luciano" Lucania. Text reads: On this date, July 4...
in 1857, scores of casualties result from a daylong gang war between the Roche Guards (Dead Rabbits) and the Bowery Boys in Manhattan's Lower East Side.
in 1895, Waterbury CT Mafia leader Antonio Spadola is believed responsible for the shooting of Nicolo Errico.
in 1899, future mobster Frank Abbatemarco is born in Brooklyn.
in 1902, Meyer Lansky is born in Grodno (then in Russia), according to U.S. authorities.
in 1903, the Paradise Social Club gang of New York's Five Points battles with police at Mulberry Bend.
in 1914, a bomb-making accident results in an explosion that destroys the upper floors of a Lexington Avenue apartment building, kills several anarchist-terrorists and injures several residents.
in 1926, Vincent Coll escapes from incarceration at New York's Randall's Island but is captured in the Bronx later that day.
in 1928, New York police announce they have recovered a shotgun, an automatic pistol and a fully loaded Thompson submachine gun in the auto abandoned by Frankie Yale's killers.
in 1931, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania, Joseph Biondo and Tommy Lucchese are arrested as suspicious persons at the Stribling-Schmeling boxing match in Cleveland.
in 1934, racketeer 'Colorado Joe' Morreale is found murdered near Endicott NY.
in 1938, Alphonso Attardi enters Leavenworth KS federal prison to serve a narcotics sentence.
2025-07-02

#OTD (July 2) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #JerseyCity prizefight draws Rothstein & Torrio, safecracking team is arrested, Romano is executor of murdered #Cleveland boss's estate, #Castellano is accused of #HartfordCT burglary, #Luciano is sent to Dannemora, police nab suspect in #Moretti murder, Profaci & Genovese are mum at McClellan Committee, #Chicago bosses are summoned to probe of casino-skimming, #Seattle racketeer dies.

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Image of Paul Ricca. Text reads: On this date, July 2...
in 1908, John A. Philbrick seeks to foreclose on property of the Ignatz Florio Co-operative Association Among Corleonesi, a front operation for the Morello-Lupo Mafia.
in 1921, Arnold Rothstein and Johnny Torrio are noted among the 90,000 attendees of the Dempsey-Carpentier prizefight at Jersey City.
in 1924, NYPD detectives arrest James Santuccio, John Stoppelli, Michael Piazzo and Joseph Bruno for attempting to rob the safe at Star Theatre weeks earlier.
in 1929, with family approval, Dr. Giuseppe Romano is appointed executor of the estate of murdered Cleveland boss 'Black Sam' Todaro.
in 1934, Paul Castellano is arrested for robbing a Hartford CT store.
in 1936, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania is transfered from Sing Sing Prison to Clinton State Prison in Dannemora.
in 1952, Johnny 'Roberts' Robilotto is arrested as suspect in the murder of Willie Moretti.
in 1958, Mafia bosses Joseph Profaci and Vito Genovese appear before the Senate's McClellan Committee and invoke the Fifth Amendment many times.
in 1959, Chicago Outfit leader Paul Ricca begins a three-year tax evasion sentence.
in 1969, a federal grand jury indicts Bernard Furst in connection with a ring of Cadillac thieves.
in 1970, Anthony Accardo and Paul Ricca of Chicago are summoned to a Los Angeles investigation into casino skimming operations.
in 2010, Seattle underworld figure Frank Colacurcio dies.
Writers of WrongsWritersofWrongs@zirk.us
2025-06-27

#OTD in 1916: Young Salvatore “Charlie #Luciano” Lucania is convicted of a narcotics offense and spends the next six months in the reformatory.

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2025-06-27

#OTD (June 27) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Frauto gets prison for counterfeiting, hatchet victim is found in #Yonkers, #YoungstownOH gangster begins robbery sentence, #Luciano is said to control drug ring, #Spilotro brothers have private funeral.

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Image of Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania. Text reads: On this date, June 27...
in 1902, Stella Frauto, 40, is sentenced to three and a half years in prison for counterfeiting.
in 1906, a man's body, apparently murdered by hatchet blows, is found in a field at Yonkers NY.
in 1908, visiting Sicilian mafioso Raffaele Palizzolo is honored with a dinner at the Hotel Astor in Manhattan.
in 1920, an elaborate funeral is held on Manhattan's Lower East Side for Anthony 'Eddie Dyke' Bellantoni.
in 1929, four visiting Boston men are taken for questioning in New York about the murder of Frank Marlow.
in 1934, Youngstown OH racketeer Sandy Naples begins a 10-to-20-year sentence for robbery.
in 1946, Joseph Barbara is convicted of illegal sugar acquisition and is fined $5,000.
in 1951, Narcotics Agent Charles Siragusa tells the Senate Crime Investigating Committee that deported Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania runs an international drug ring.
in 1986, a private funeral service is held in Cook County IL for murdered brothers Anthony and Michael Spilotro.

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