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In September 1926, a hail of gunfire outside the Hawthorne Inn in Cicero, Illinois, targeted Al Capone, who escaped unscathed from 1,000 shots.
Seven men associated with Bugs Moran's crew were gunned down execution style in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre on February 14, 1929.
In 1920, Al Capone arrived in Chicago, transforming the city's illegal liquor trade and establishing a powerful criminal organization.
Jimmy Hoffa organized his first strike in 1932, during the Great Depression, at the age of 19 while working as a warehouse laborer in Detroit.
Mark Will-Weber discusses how the shift from alcohol taxes to income taxes influenced the prohibition movement and its impact on American society.
Al Capone became America's most infamous gangster during Prohibition, known for his public persona and a press conference denying involvement in a murder.
A minimum of 10,000 deaths nationwide resulted from the U.S. government's decision to add toxic substances to industrial alcohol during Prohibition.
