Saint Valentine's Day Massacre

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. What is the date of occurrence?February 14, 1929
2. What is the primary location?A garage at 2122 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
3. What happened on Saint Valentine's Day in 1929 in Chicago?On February 14, 1929, seven men from the North Side Gang were lined up in a garage and shot by gang members with Thompson submachine guns and a shotgun.
4. Why did the gang members shoot the men at the garage?They tried to kill George "Bugs" Moran, the leader of the rival North Side Gang, but he was not there.

Prohibition Era: The period in the United States from 1920 to 1933 when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages were legally prohibited.
Chicago Outfit: A powerful organized crime syndicate based in Chicago, heavily involved in bootlegging and other illegal activities during Prohibition.
Forensic Ballistics: The scientific discipline that deals with the study of firearms and their projectiles, often used in criminal investigations to link evidence to specific weapons.
National Firearms Act of 1934: A landmark U.S. federal law that imposed taxes and registration requirements on certain types of firearms, including machine guns.