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EVENTS

Reform Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia is elected mayor of New York City.

Ed Fletcher , leader of the Purple Gang , is killed in Detriot, Michigan.

Recently released from prison, Sam Giancana becomes a bodyguard and chauffer to Tony Accardo .

January 24 - Charles "King" Solomon , the leading Prohibition bootlegger in Boston's underworld, is killed at the '' Cotton Club '' in South Boston .

March 7 - Salvatore Sabella , along with John Avena and Domenico Pollina , are acquitted for a 1927 gangland slaying.

December 5 - Prohibition ends following the ratification of the 21st Amendment .

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BIRTHS

Khun Sa "Opium King", Burmese Warlord and Opium dealer.

DEATHS

Ed Fletcher , leader of the Purple Gang , is killed in Detriot, Michigan.

January 24 - Charles Solomon , Boston Prohibition gangster

October 13 - James Belcastro , Chicago Outfit enforcer