January 17, 1886 - Joe Masseria
Masseria rose to dominate the New York underworld during a turbulent period of consolidation, when control of bootlegging, gambling, and labor rackets was won and held through violence. His near-decade at the head of what would become the Genovese crime family placed him at the center of the Castellammarese War, a bloody power struggle that reshaped American organized crime. His reign ended when his own lieutenants — among them Charles Luciano — arranged his assassination, a turning point that gave rise to the modern structure of the Five Families.
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Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe masseˈriːa]; January 17, 1886 – April 15, 1931) was an Italian-American Mafia boss in New York City. He was boss of what is now called the Genovese crime family, one of the New York City Mafia's Five Families, from 1922 to 1931. In 1930, he battled in the Castellammarese War to take over the criminal activities in New York City. The war ended with his murder on April 15, 1931, in a hit ordered by his own lieutenant, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, in an agreement with rival faction head Salvatore Maranzano.
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