# Chicago Mafia 1930’s
Tolkien vs. Disney and Other Major Historic Feuds
There is dislike, and then there is a feud, which takes mere dislike, feeds and nurtures it over a protracted period, and plunges it into deeper, darker, and more bitter places. For…
A West Virginia Town Applied For Soviet Foreign Aid, and Other Lesser Known American History Facts
Did you know that an American vice president notorious for lacking self-confidence had the daylights scared out of him by…
20 Significant Mafia Hits
The mafia is often glamorized in the movies, as illustrated by The Godfather. However, real life in the mob is…
10 Fascinating Things About New York’s Black Mafia
In the 1970s, many criminologists predicated that a rising class of African American criminals, operating out of New York City…
Rise of The Mob: 12 Factors That Gave Birth to the American Mafia
Typically referred to by its members as Cosa Nostra, or "our thing", the Italian-American mafia - an outgrowth of the…
Today In History: An Assassin Shoots at Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933)
On February 15, 1933, an assassination attempt threatened the life of President Franklin D. Roosevelt who was in Miami, Florida…