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3 days ago · FBI's Patriarca crime family chart from the 1960s. In 1956, Patriarca made drastic changes in the family, the biggest being the relocation of their base of operations to Providence, using the National Cigarette Service Company and Coin-O-Matic Distributors, a vending machine and pinball business on Atwells Avenue, as a front organization. [16] .
2 days ago · A special train carrying almost the entire foreign diplomatic corps left the capital bound for Poznan. One of the few foreigners who remained was Poland’s then-papal nuncio, Cardinal Achille Ratti, the future Pope Pius XI.
2 days ago · His negotiations were an act of betrayal against the Germans. When confronted about this by Achille Marazza, Mussolini said, "They [the Nazis] have always treated us as slaves. I will now resume my freedom of action."
6 days ago · After the sale of a young slave girl boosted her already respectable dowry, Celestine married a banker, Auguste De Gas, who favored the pseudo aristocratic spelling of his surname. The pair moved to France, where they had three sons, Hilaire Germain Edgar, Achille, and René Degas.
17 hours ago · The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand[a] was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.
Sep 6, 2024 · Quick Facts. Original name: Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli. Born: November 25, 1881, Sotto il Monte, Italy. Died: June 3, 1963, Rome (aged 81) Title / Office: pope (1958-1963) Subjects Of Study: peace. Role In: Second Vatican Council. On the Web: CNN - Five things you need to know about Pope John XXIII (Sep. 06, 2024)
4 days ago · In October 1985 members of the Palestine Liberation Front, a small faction within the PLO headed by Abū ʿAbbās, hijacked an Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, and murdered one of its passengers.
