Born:
Al Capone, born in Brooklyn, New York, gangster, Chicago bootlegging
Al Capone History: April 21, 1986 - Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV and finds nothing
January 25, 1947 - Al Capone, Chicago gangster, dies of syphilis at 48
November 16, 1939 - Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail
May 4, 1932 - Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary
February 2, 1932 - Al Capone sent to prison
October 24, 1931 - Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion
June 12, 1931 - Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury
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