Meyer Harris “Mickey” Cohen was born on September 4, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York. His mother, a Russian immigrant from Kiev, moved with Mickey and his sister Lillie to the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights. There the family opened …

Benjamin Siegelbaum was born to Russian immigrants in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on February 28, 1906. He grew up to become one of the most famous, feared, and violent gangsters of his day — Bugsy Siegel. As …