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Although various Triad-based groups had been in existence following the California Gold Rush of 1848, the first modern day Chinese-American Tongs are formed by Chinese immigrants as a result of the Chinese Exclusion Act Of 1882 .

Chicago Police Chief William McGarigle , in the pay of Chicago crime lord Michael Cassius McDonald , is indicted for Graft later fleeing to Canada .

Anthony Matranga takes control of the New Orleans Black Hand after former leader Giuseppi Esposito is deported in 1881 .

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BIRTHS

Arnold Rothstein , Chicago Crime Syndicate leader

Max Zweibach , Eastman Gang leader and New York gangster

February - Johnny Torrio , Chicago Mafia Don and Chicago syndicate leader

DEATHS