1986 Event Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV and finds nothing 1971 Death Joe E. Lewis, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild', dies in New Jersey, age 69 1947 Death Al Capone, Chicago gangster, dies of syphilis at 48 1941 Event Al Capone's son Sonny marries in Miami Beach 1939 Event Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail 1932 Event Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary 1932 Event Al Capone sent to prison 1931 Event Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion 1931 Event Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury 1929 Death Albert Anselmi, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone 1929 Death John Scalise, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone 1929 Death Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone 1921 Death "Big Jim" Colisimo, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone 1920 Birthday Nehemiah Persoff, Jerusalem Palestine, actor, Al Capone, Yentl 1902 Birthday Joe E. Lewis, born in New York City, New York, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild' 1899 Birthday Al Capone, born in Brooklyn, New York, gangster, Chicago bootlegging
