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Valentine's Day in 1929 was one of the bloodiest days in mob history when seven men were gunned down in a Chicago garage. Al "Scarface" Capone rose to power after a rival gang was in shambles as a result of the killings. This event sparked outrage among the public and marked the eventual decline in organized violence but it will probably be most remembered for the holiday after which it was named: the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

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Seven men were shot dead in a Chicago garage on February 14, 1929, in one of the bloodiest examples of the gang violence that plagued the city during the Prohibition era.

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