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Al Capone's Birth
He was born in Brooklyn, New York -
Al Capone Drops Out of School
Al Capone dropped out of school after 6th grade and met his mentor Johnny Torrio -
Johnny Torrio Mentors Al Capone
Johnny Torrio brings Capone to Chicago and teaches him to have a "respectable front, while running a racketeering business." -
Capone's two sworn enemies were sighted in Cicero
Capone ordered his men to gun down the two enemies. William McSwiggin, who tried to prosecute Capone of previous murders, was with the two men, so Capone's men killed all three of the enemies. -
St. Valentines Day Massacre
This immortilized Capone as the most ruthless, feared, smartest and elegant of all crime bosses -
Capone Opens the First Soup Kitchen
Capone was also considered a Robin Hood figure because in 1931 he created the first soup kitchen and bought clothes for the needy because of the Great Depression. -
Capone Pled Guilty to Tax Evasion and Prohibition Charges
Capone was tried and afterward boasted to the press that he had struck a deal for a two and a half year sentence, but then the judge told him it wasn't certain, so Capone changed his plead to not guilty and was sent to Alcatraz -
Al Capone's Death
He died in Palm Island, Florida -
Why Al Capone is Still Relevant Today?
Capone is still relevant today because of him doing ruthless crimes, beack then people had barely seen these things and now it is more common. Al Capone changed how crime is looked at and punished back then and today
