On this day, June 19, in 1975, Chicago mobster Sam Giancana was shot to death shortly before he was to testify before a United States Senate committee investigating Mafia involvement in a failed CIA plot to assassinate Fidel Castro.
Giancana rose to power by taking over the black lottery game in South Side Chicago, earning millions for “The Outfit.”
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