On This Date in Minnesota History: August 21

August 21, 1891 – George “Bugs” Moran, the Chicago Prohibition-era gangster, was born in St. Paul, Minn., on this date. 

Bugs Moran¹

“He moved to the north side of Chicago when he was 19, where he became affiliated with several gangs. He was incarcerated three times before turning 21. On February 14, 1929, in an event which has become known as the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, seven members of his gang were gunned down in a warehouse, supposedly on the orders of Moran's rival Al Capone. He has been credited with popularizing the act of driving by a rival's hangout and spraying it with gunfire, now referred to as a drive-by shooting.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_Moran

¹http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/chicago-boss-george-bugs-moran

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1191.html

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