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#OTD (Oct 18) in 1930, #Brooklyn grape merchant Giovanni #Anselmo dies of gunshot wounds suffered a day earlier.

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#OTD (Oct 17) in 1929, Salvatore 'Charlie #Luciano' #Lucania is found severely beaten and bleeding on #StatenIsland.

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#OTD (Oct 13) in 1927, boss 'Big Joe' #Lonardo and his brother John are killed in a #Cleveland barbershop. Salvatore 'Black Sam' #Todaro takes leadership of the Cleveland Mafia.

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#OTD (Oct 12) in 1950, during testimony before a Senate committee, Meyer #Lansky (shown) acknowledges associating with Frank #Costello, Joe #Adonis, Frank #Erickson and Charles #Fischetti.

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#OTD (Oct 10) in 1957, #NewYork crime boss Joseph #Bonanno is observed in Italy, traveling under the alias of DiBella and accompanied by four men.

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#OTD (Oct 08) in 1930, Ignazio #Lupo is widely believed responsible for the #Brooklyn murder of Ruggerio 'Roger' #Consiglio.

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#OTD in 1951: Guarino "Willie Moore" #Moretti was murdered at Joe's Restaurant in #CliffsideParkNJ. He had been having a friendly conversation with several men before one of them fired two bullets into the back of his head.
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#OTD (Oct 03) in 1973, Salvatore Anastasio, Catholic priest and author of a book about his murdered brother Albert #Anastasia (shown), passes away in Italy.

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#OTD (Oct 03) in 1903, Joseph #Valachi is born in #NewYork City as Giuseppe Vilacio.

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#OTD (Sep 25) in 1959, #Genovese Crime Family lieutenant Anthony 'Augie Pisano' #Carfano and Mrs. Janice #Drake are shot to death in Carfano's car in #QueensNY.

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#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.

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#OTD (Sep 16) in 1904, the #NewYork Police Department assigns six detectives to a new Italian Branch of the Detective Bureau led by Detective Sergeant Joseph #Petrosino.

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#OTD (Sep 13) in 1931, John Bazzano becomes uncontested boss of the Pittsburgh crime family after the shooting death of Joseph Siragusa.

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