Al Capone History: April 21, 1986 - Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV and finds nothing January 25, 1947 - Al Capone, Chicago gangster, dies of syphilis at 48 November 16, 1939 - Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail May 4, 1932 - Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary October 24, 1931 - Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion June 12, 1931 - Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury January 17, 1899 - Al Capone, born in Brooklyn, New York, gangster, Chicago bootlegging
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1977 Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer
1964 GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy
1962 8 of 9 planets align for 1st time in 400 years
1948 President Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program
1653 New Amsterdam becomes a city, later called New York City
