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EVENTS

Only 60 of the 360 convicted defendants from the 1986 Maxi Trial remain imprisoned.

Khun Sa is charged in New York for trying to import 1,000 tons of Heroin into the United States .

James Basile , a bookmaker for the Chicago Outfit , agrees to become a government informant, later identifing a "Mafia graveyard" in the suburban neighborhood of Hillside .

June - Frank Salemme is seriously wounded in a gunfight in Saugus, Massachusetts , reportedly shot by Frank Imbruglia .

June 17 - The body of William P. Grasso , former Underboss to the Patriarca Crime Family , is found after being dumped in the Connecticut River .

ARTS AND LITERATURE

'' A Better Tomorrow III '' (film) {Link without Title}

'' Billy Bathgate '' (novel)

'', Danny Lee and Sally Yeh .

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BIRTHS

DEATHS

June 17 - William P. Grasso "The Wild Guy", Patriarca Crime Family Underboss

November 17 - Costabile Farace "Gus", Bonanno Crime Family associate