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Al Capone’s parents migrated to the United States
Alphonse ‘Al’ Capone’s parents migrated to the United States from the slums of Naples, Italy to the slums of Brooklyn, New York. -
Al Capone was born
Al Capone was born on the 17th January 1899 in Brooklyn, New York to Gabriel and Teresa Capone. -
Al Capone gets expelled from school
Al Capone was attending Catholic school 133 in year six and at the mere age of fourteen he lost his temper at a teacher and he hit her. He was expelled and never went to school again. -
Al Capone meets Johnny Torrio
Whilst working odd jobs around Brooklyn, such as a clerk at a candy store and a pin boy at a bowling alley, Al Capone met mobster Johnny Torrio who mentored and influenced him. -
Al Capone joins The Forty Thieves Juniors
Al Capone joins The Forty Thieves Juniors; a ‘kid’ gang in Brooklyn primarily consisting of Irish immigrants. -
Al Capone joins the Five Points
Al Capone joins the Five Points; a gang in Manhattan primarily consisting of Irish-American origins and worked in gangster Frankie Yale’s Brooklyn Dive (gambling ring). -
Al Capone becomes ‘Scarface’
Al Capone was a waiter at a dance hall, where he noticed Frank Galluccio’s younger sister, Capone tells her ‘honey, you got a nice ass and I mean that as a compliment, believe me’. Galluccio heard this comment, told him to apologize; Capone didn’t so Galluccio pulled out a pocket knife and slashes Capone three times on the left side of his face. -
Al Capone Marries Mae Josephine Coughlin
Al Capone Marries Mae Josephine Coughlin; an Irish woman aged 21 who had given birth to their son, Albert Francis ‘Sonny’ Capone. -
Al Capone moves from New York to Chicago
Al Capone moves from New York to Chicago; Al Capone was requested to move with Johnny Torrio who was pursuing opportunities in the bootlegging industry following the onset of the prohibition in the United States.