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Events
- Charles Gargotta, one of the "Five Iron Men" of Kansas City and a former associate of Charlie Binaggio and Johnny Lazia, is murdered.
- Tommaso Buscetta becomes a made member of the Porta Nuovo Mafia family in Palermo, Sicily.
- July 16 – Charles Yarnowsky, a syndicate mobster in Jersey City, New Jersey is murdered.
- August 10 – John DiBiaso, a lieutenant of Charles Yarnowski, is murdered, only 25 days after Yarnowski's death.
Arts and literature
Births
Deaths
- Charles Gargotta, Kansas City mobster
- July 16 – Charles Yarnowsky, Jersey City, New Jersey syndicate mobster
- August 10 – John DiBiaso, Charles Yarnowski lieutenant