Friday, June 20, 2008

THIS DAY IN CRIME HISTORY: JUNE 20, 1947

On this date in 1947, mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, known to many as "the man who made Las Vegas," was shot and killed in Beverly Hills, CA. Click here to read my original post on Siegel (complete with death scene photo).

Check out BugsySiegel.net for all things Bugsy.

FBI FOIA: Bugsy Siegel

PBS: Las Vegas: An Unconventional History - Benjamin Siegel (1906-1947)

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