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11Carmine Romano — (born August 21, 1935) was a New York City mobster and captain in the Genovese crime family who controlled the Fulton Fish Market distribution center in Downtown Manhattan. Mob control of Fulton Fish MarketBeginning in the 1920s, the Fish Market… …
12Joseph Todaro, Sr. — Joseph Todaro, Sr. (born 1923) is a prominent Buffalo, New York businessman, and alleged Mafia boss. According to local and national law enforcement agencies including the United States Department of Justice… …
13The Sopranos timeline — A timeline of events in The Sopranos , a television series on HBO.Pre Season One*1920s–1930s **Corrado John Junior , John Francis Johnny Boy and Ercoli Eckley Soprano are born to Corrado Soprano, Sr. **Robert Bobby Baccalieri, Sr. is born.… …
14Little Italy (Omaha) — Little Italy is a neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Historically the home to the city s Italian population, Little Italy was the source for much of Omaha s bootlegging during Prohibition, many laborers for the Union Pacific railroad, and the… …
15John Factor — John “Jake the Barber” Factor was a Prohibition era gangster. He was the brother of prominent businessman Max Factor, Sr., the founder of Max Factor, a makeup company.Early yearsBorn Iakov Factorowitz or Faktorowicz, the son of a rabbi, he and… …
16Roy Lee Williams — (March 22, 1915 – April 28, 1989) was an American labor leader who was president of the Teamsters from May 15, 1981, to April 14, 1983.Early life and careerBorn in Ottumwa, Iowa, Williams was one of 12 children in a very poor family. He grew up… …
17William Morris Bioff — William Morris ( Willie ) Bioff (1900 November 4, 1955) was an American organized crime figure who operated as a labor leader in the movie production business from the 1920s through the 1940s. During this time, Bioff extorted millions of dollars… …
18India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …
19United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
20HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
