Mafia: Timeline

1931   The Castellemmarese War ends with the assassination of Joe "The Boss" Masseria, briefly leaving Salvatore Maranzano as ''capo di tutti i capi'', "boss of all bosses" and undisputed ruler of the American United States

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 mafia. Maranzano is himself assassinated less than 6 months later, leading to the establishment of the Five Families

1957   Assassination of a Mafia boss Albert Anastasia Albert Anastasia

Albert Anastasia, also known as the "Mad Hatter" and "Lord High Executioner", was a Mafia [i] boss chief ... 

 in a barber shop in Park Sheraton Hotel.

1957   Apalachin Meeting - The leaders of the American Mafia meet at a convention in Apalachin, New York at the house of Joseph Barbara. It is broken up by a curious patrolman.

1962   Mafioso Mafia

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 Lucky Luciano dies at the Naples Airport.

1963   Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano is indicted for murder (he is captured 43 years later, on April 11, 2006).

1972   U.S. Mafioso Mafia

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 Joe Gallo is shot in ''Umberto's Clam House'' in Little Italy.

1979   Carmine Galante, boss of the Bonanno Mafia family, is assassinated.

1980   The president of Sicily Sicily

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, Piersanti Mattarella, is assassinated by the Mafia.

1983   Mafia hitman Roy DeMeo is found dead in the trunk of his own car.

1983   Mafioso Mafia

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 Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky

Meyer Lansky was a gangster [i] born in Grodno [i], Russian Empire [i] to Polish Jew [i] ... 

 dies at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.

1985   The FBI brings charges against the suspected heads of the five Mafia families in New York City New York City

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1985   In New York City New York City

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, Mafia bosses Paul Castellano Paul Castellano

Constantino Paul Castellano, better known as Paul Castellano, was a mafia [i] boss in New York [i] ... 

 and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead in front of Spark's Steak House, making hit organizer John Gotti John Gotti

John Joseph Gotti Jr. or John Gotti was a well-known Italian-American mafioso [i] and was the don [i] ... 

 the leader of the powerful Gambino organized crime family.

1987   New York New York

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 mafiosi Mafia

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 Anthony Salerno and Carmine Peruccia are sentenced to 100 years in prison for racketeering.

1992   In New York New York

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, Mafia boss John Gotti John Gotti

John Joseph Gotti Jr. or John Gotti was a well-known Italian-American mafioso [i] and was the don [i] ... 

 is convicted of the murder Murder

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 of mob boss Paul Castellano Paul Castellano

Constantino Paul Castellano, better known as Paul Castellano, was a mafia [i] boss in New York [i] ... 

 and racketeering, and is later sentenced to life in prison.

1992   A Mafia bomb kills Italian anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone.

1992   Mafia boss John Gotti John Gotti

John Joseph Gotti Jr. or John Gotti was a well-known Italian-American mafioso [i] and was the don [i] ... 

 is sentenced to life in prison Prison

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, after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder Murder

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 and racketeering on April 2.

1993   Salvatore Riina, the Mafia boss known as 'The Beast', is arrested in Palermo Palermo

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, Sicily Sicily

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 after 23 years as a fugitive.

1993   A car bomb at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence Florence

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 kills 5; the Mafia is suspected.

1995   The trial against former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, accused of Mafia connections, begins.

1996   US Mafioso Mafia

The Mafia, also referred to in Italian [i] as Cosa Nostra [i] , is a secret society [i] ... 

 John Gotti John Gotti

John Joseph Gotti Jr. or John Gotti was a well-known Italian-American mafioso [i] and was the don [i] ... 

 is found guilty of murder of Paul Castellano Paul Castellano

Constantino Paul Castellano, better known as Paul Castellano, was a mafia [i] boss in New York [i] ... 

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