Image of Joseph Colombo. Text reads: On this date, June 28...
in 1899, Rosario Dispenza of Ciminna, Sicily, arrives in New York on his way to joining Spatafora relatives in Chicago.
in 1902, Stella Frauto is received at the women's prison in Auburn NY to serve her counterfeiting sentence.
in 1933, Profaci Crime Family member Cassandro 'Tony the Chief' Bonasera marries Sarah DiCarlo, sister of Buffalo mafioso Joseph DiCarlo.
in 1940, politically connected Brooklyn gangster Joseph Sergi is indicted for perjury, forgery and bail bond fraud.
in 1949, Meyer Lansky and his wife are visited by racketeer Michael Lascari as they depart from New York on an ocean liner bound for Italy.
in 1966, Paul Vario Sr. is arrested as the leader of a $30 million a year policy and bookmaking ring in New York.
in 1971, Joseph Colombo, New York crime boss and founder of the Italian-American Civil Rights League, is shot and critically wounded during his second Italian-American Unity Day rally in Manhattan.
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