This Month In... 1931
Anniversaries that have made history
AL CAPONE IS CONVICTED OF TAX EVASION
The reign of one of the most notorious criminals of Prohibition-era America comes to an end after years of close shaves
Crowds gather as police remove the bodies of those killed in the St Valentine’s Day Massacre
Born in 1899 to Italian immigrants in New York, Alphonse Capone joined his first criminal gang around the age of 14. As a young man, he was slashed across the cheek with a knife during a fight, earning him the nickname ‘Scarface’.