Massachusetts mafia captain Vincent M. Ferrara pleads guilty to racketeering, extortion, gambling and ordering the 1985 murder of Vincent Limoli.
John D'Amato, the boss of the New Jersey mafia family is shot and killed by Anthony Capo on the orders of Stefano Vitabile. According to later testimony by Capo, D'Amato was killed because he was homosexual, an offence punishable by death within the Mafia.
December 2 - Lucchese soldier Patrick Testa is shot to death by an unknown gunman in the garage of a Brooklyn used car lot. The hit was allegedly ordered by Anthony Casso, the underboss of the Family at the time.
Arts and literature
The American Gangster (documentary)
American Me (film) starring Edward James Olmos and William Forsythe
Hard Boiled (film) starring Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Hoffa (film) starring Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito and Armand Assante
Juice (film) starring Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur and Samuel L. Jackson
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (film) starring Brian Dennehy, Jeff Daniels, María Conchita Alonso, Eli Wallach, Robert Prosky and Al Waxman
Who Do I Gotta Kill? (film) starring James Lorinz, John Costelloe, Vincent Pastore and Steve Buscemi
Reservoir Dogs (film)
John D'Amato "Johnny Boy", New Jersey mob boss
March 12 - Salvatore Lima, Sicilian politician and mafia associate
May 23 - Giovanni Falcone, Sicilian anti-mafia magistrate
May 23 - Francesca Morvillo-Falcone, Sicilian magistrate and wife of Giovanni Falcone
May 23 - Rocco Di Cillo, Sicilian police officer
May 23 - Antonio Montinaro, Sicilian police officer
May 23 - Vito Schifani, Sicilian police officer
July 19 - Paolo Borsellino, Sicilian anti-mafia magistrate
July 19 - Agostino Catalano, Sicilian police officer
July 19 - Walter Cosina, Sicilian police officer
July 19 - Emanuela Loi, Sicilian police officer
July 19 - Vincenzo Li Muli, Sicilian police officer
July 19 - Claudio Traina, Sicilian police officer
December 2 - Patrick Testa, Lucchese Family soldier
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