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Five Points Gang member James T. "Biff" Ellison is sentenced to Sing Sing Prison for the attempted murder of gang leader Paul Kelly . He dies several years later in an insane asylum.

Jack Zelig is arrested for robbing a bordello. The charges are later dropped however, in attempt to gain leadership of the Eastman Gang , lieutenants Jack Sirocco and Chick Tricker refuse to post bail beginning a gang war between the two.

Nathan Kaplan severely injures Johnny Spanish in a knife fight before police arrive to break up the fight. Kaplan also fights Jacob Orgen later that year giving a scar across Orgen's face before the fight is stopped.

John Roselli arrives with his family in the United States from Sicily .

Frank Tieri emigrates to the United States from Castel Gandolfo , Italy .

December 2 - Julie Morrell , an assassin hired by Sirocco and Tricker to murder Zelig, is lured to a Second Avenue nightclub and killed.

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BIRTHS

Dominic Blasi ( Joe Bantone ), bodyguard for Sam Giancana

Angelo Bruno , Philadelphia mafia leader

Leonard Calamia , Drug traffiker and syndicate gunman

Nicholas Civella , Kansas City crime syndicate leader

George Gordon ( George C. Berslem ), Cleveland mobster

Philip Lombardo , ( Miami ) Genovese Crime Family leader

Frank Joseph Valenti , New York syndicate leader and gambling racketeer

Anthony Salerno , Genovese Crime Family Don

Joseph Zingara , Westchester County mobster and Gambino Crime Family member

DEATHS

December 2 - Julie Morrell , Eastman Gang member