February 14th

On this day - February 14th 1929 - Saint Valentine's Day Massacre

Saint Valentine's day massacre is a name given to the murder of seven mob assosiates in Chicago. The baground for the murders were a conflict between Bugs Moran's "North Side" gang and Al Capone's "South Side" gang in Chicago. The conflict was mainly about smuggeling, in particular alchol, due to the prohbition in the US at the time. The victoms belonged to the North Side gang, an Irish-American criminal mob, while the South Side gang mainly consisted of the Italian mob. The seven mob members were lined up and shot by four of Al Capones gang members dressed as police and whiskey smuglers. Although Bugs Moran was not one of the seven who died were this the beginning of the end as his time and he was not able to keep his Territory after this massacre.

One of the mortally wounded mob members, Gusenberg, last Words were allegdely  “No one, nobody shot me.” when asked who shot him by the police.

The massacre has inspired several Movies and can be seen in several different mob and/or Chicago related Movies and tv shows. The best known is probably the 1967 Movie "The St. Valentine's day massacre".


Happy Valentinedays to all Our Readers!

Al Capone

 Bugs Moran