Among the more ‘interesting’ things to have happened on February 14 was the infamous 1929 gangland massacre in a Chicago garage, where seven men of the ‘Bugs’ Moran gang were allegedly gunned down by Al Capone’s men, posing as policemen. The crime has since been cemented in American urban lore as the ‘St. Valentine’s Massacre.’ It did more than any other single event to awaken a hitherto passive public to the ferocity of Prohibition-era gangland wars. It also helped fix the g

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