Writers of Wrongs · @WritersofWrongs
53 followers · 163 posts · Server zirk.us#OTD in 1947: Benjamin #Bugsy #Siegel - longtime racketeer and developer of the #Flamingo hotel and casino in #LasVegas - was shot to death at a #BeverlyHills #California home. Several rifle shots fired through a window of the home struck Siegel while he sat reading a newspaper.
Sample the reporting of this event:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/06/70-years-ago-end-of-bugsy-siegel.html
#otd #bugsy #siegel #flamingo #lasvegas #BeverlyHills #california #mafiahistory #gangster #histodons
Writers of Wrongs · @WritersofWrongs
29 followers · 45 posts · Server zirk.us#OTD in 1946: The #Flamingo casino in #LasVegas, financed in large part by #Mafia investments funneled through Benjamin #Bugsy Siegel, opened its doors for the first time. #MafiaHistory #Histodons
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/12/flamingo-opens-with-three-day-gala.html
#otd #flamingo #lasvegas #Mafia #bugsy #mafiahistory #histodons
Alex Aris · @headingtonbard
44 followers · 67 posts · Server oldbytes.space
Alex Aris · @headingtonbard
44 followers · 67 posts · Server oldbytes.space
