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14th February 1929: St Valentine’s Day Massacre of seven men with connections to Chicago’s North Side Gang

  • 14th February 2023
  • Tagged as: Al Capone, America, Chicago, Gangster, Massacre, Prohibition, St Valentine's Day, United States, USA

Although nobody was ever brought to trial for the St Valentine’s Day Massacre, it is generally accepted that the gangsters were gunned down on the orders of South Side Gang boss Al Capone.

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31st December 1935: Monopoly board game patented by Charles Darrow although it wasn’t his idea

  • 31st December 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Board Game, Chicago, Culture, Game, Illinois, Invention, Patent, United States, USA

Although the patent for the game was awarded to Darrow, it is now widely recognised that he was just one of many people who developed the complex design and rules that we now know as Monopoly.

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26th February 1917: The Original Dixieland ‘Jass’ Band makes the first commercially released jazz recording

  • 26th February 2021
  • Tagged as: Chicago, Culture, Jazz, Music, New Orleans, New York, Recording
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/02-26-The-Original-Dixieland-Jass-Band-records-the-first-jazz-release.mp3

The resulting record was released in May, and went on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies.

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14th February 1929: Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre committed in Chicago

  • 14th February 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Chicago, Gangster, Massacre, Prohibition, USA
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/02-14-Saint-Valentines-Day-Massacre.mp3

On the 14th February 1929, seven men with connections to Chicago’s North Side Gang were gunned down in the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre.

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