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February 28, 1937 - Aslan Usoyan

Aslan Rashidovich Usoyan (Georgian: ასლან რაშიდოვიჩ უსოიანი, Russian: Асла́н Раши́дович Усоя́н; 27 February 1937 – 16 January 2013), also known as Baba Gurgur and Grandpa Hassan ("Дед Хасан") or just Grandpa ("Дедушка"), was a Georgian-born Soviet-Russian crime boss of Yazidi Kurdish descent, who began his career operating in Georgia, continued in Moscow, Ural, Siberia, Uzbekistan, Krasnodar, Sochi, and other parts of the former Soviet Union. According to The Economist, he was 'reputed to be Russia's mafia boss'.

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February 28, 1906 - Bugsy Siegel

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (; February 28, 1906 – June 20, 1947) was an American mobster who was a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip. Along with his childhood friend and fellow gangster Meyer Lansky, Siegel was influential within the Jewish-American mob, the Italian-American Mafia, and the largely Italian-Jewish coalition known as the National Crime Syndicate.

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