January 23 – Angered by the kidnapping and murder of
Kenosha vending machine distributor Anthony J. Biernat case,
Wisconsin Governor
John W. Reynolds, former
state attorney general, says bluntly that organized crime has a strong network across the state, centered in
Milwaukee,
Kenosha and
Fond du Lac. The
district attorneys of all three counties staunchly deny the existence of such a thing in their bailiwicks, even though it has been an open secret for years. Many local public officials' comments seem to be concerned mostly with the risk of damaging Wisconsin's or their area's reputation and with avoiding the risk of embarrassing anyone, rather than with controlling crime and fighting corruption.
May 25 – In the midst of the First Mafia War on
Sicily, Mafia boss
Angelo La Barbera is shot in Milan and severely wounded. He is arrested in the hospital.
Tommaso Buscetta admits to having accepted a contract to kill Angelo La Barbera, but claims that someone else carried out the shooting in Milan before he could.
June 30 –
Ciaculli massacre. A car bomb in
Ciaculli kills seven police and military officers sent to defuse it after an anonymous phone call. The bomb was intended for
Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco, head of the
Sicilian Mafia Commission and the boss of the Ciaculli Mafia family. The Ciaculli massacre is the culmination point of the First Mafia War between rival clans in
Palermo. The public outrage over the
Ciaculli massacre changed the Mafia war into a war against the Mafia. It prompted the first concerted anti-Mafia efforts by the state in post-war Italy. The
Sicilian Mafia Commission was dissolved and of those mafiosi who had escaped arrest many went abroad.
New York mobster Hugh "Apples" McIntosh is ambushed and wounded during the Gallo-Profaci War.
The Gallo-Profaci War claims another victim as
Ali Waffa is killed.
September 27 – 28 – Appearing before Senate Investigations subcommittee, government informant
Joseph Valachi publicly reveals the existence of the "Cosa Nostra" (which was broadcast both on television and radio) and describing his initiation and details of the
Castellammarese War period as well as naming
Vito Genovese as the "boss of bosses" (capo di tutti i capi) of the Italian-American Mafia.
December 28 – Joseph Magliocco, leader of the
Profaci crime family since June 1962, dies of a heart attack, at the age of 65, at
Good Samaritan Hospital in
West Islip, New York, his death remaining a secret from federal authorities for almost a week. Magliocco, brother-in-law of Joseph Profaci, also was observed by federal agents attending the
Apalachin conference in 1957.
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^The Illustrated Weekly of India. Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1964. p. 33. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
January 23 – Angered by the kidnapping and murder of
Kenosha vending machine distributor Anthony J. Biernat case,
Wisconsin Governor
John W. Reynolds, former
state attorney general, says bluntly that organized crime has a strong network across the state, centered in
Milwaukee,
Kenosha and
Fond du Lac. The
district attorneys of all three counties staunchly deny the existence of such a thing in their bailiwicks, even though it has been an open secret for years. Many local public officials' comments seem to be concerned mostly with the risk of damaging Wisconsin's or their area's reputation and with avoiding the risk of embarrassing anyone, rather than with controlling crime and fighting corruption.
May 25 – In the midst of the First Mafia War on
Sicily, Mafia boss
Angelo La Barbera is shot in Milan and severely wounded. He is arrested in the hospital.
Tommaso Buscetta admits to having accepted a contract to kill Angelo La Barbera, but claims that someone else carried out the shooting in Milan before he could.
June 30 –
Ciaculli massacre. A car bomb in
Ciaculli kills seven police and military officers sent to defuse it after an anonymous phone call. The bomb was intended for
Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco, head of the
Sicilian Mafia Commission and the boss of the Ciaculli Mafia family. The Ciaculli massacre is the culmination point of the First Mafia War between rival clans in
Palermo. The public outrage over the
Ciaculli massacre changed the Mafia war into a war against the Mafia. It prompted the first concerted anti-Mafia efforts by the state in post-war Italy. The
Sicilian Mafia Commission was dissolved and of those mafiosi who had escaped arrest many went abroad.
New York mobster Hugh "Apples" McIntosh is ambushed and wounded during the Gallo-Profaci War.
The Gallo-Profaci War claims another victim as
Ali Waffa is killed.
September 27 – 28 – Appearing before Senate Investigations subcommittee, government informant
Joseph Valachi publicly reveals the existence of the "Cosa Nostra" (which was broadcast both on television and radio) and describing his initiation and details of the
Castellammarese War period as well as naming
Vito Genovese as the "boss of bosses" (capo di tutti i capi) of the Italian-American Mafia.
December 28 – Joseph Magliocco, leader of the
Profaci crime family since June 1962, dies of a heart attack, at the age of 65, at
Good Samaritan Hospital in
West Islip, New York, his death remaining a secret from federal authorities for almost a week. Magliocco, brother-in-law of Joseph Profaci, also was observed by federal agents attending the
Apalachin conference in 1957.
Arts and literature
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^The Illustrated Weekly of India. Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1964. p. 33. Retrieved February 23, 2024.