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Al Capone was one of America’s most feared gangsters during the Prohibition era in the United States (1920-1933). What did he describe as his profession on identity documents however?

1438 – A compromise between rebellious Transylvanian peasants and noblemen is signed in Kolozsmonostor Abbey. 1484 – Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River. 1751 – Pope Benedict XIV subdues the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia. 1854 – In Jackson, Michigan,…