• Charles "Charlie" Birger (born Shachna Itzak Birger, February 5, 1881 – April 19, 1928) was an American bootlegger during the Prohibition period in southern...
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  • Birger is a Scandinavian name from Old Norse, bjarga, meaning "to help, to save, to protect". It is widely used in Norway as Birger but also as Børge...
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    the premier labor union racketeers in New York City during that era. Charles Birger and Buchalter are the only National Crime Syndicate bosses to be executed...
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  • with Charles Birger's gang that concluded, in 1925, when the Shelton Brothers were convicted of the murder of a mail carrier. In 1928, Charles Birger was...
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  • gang leader Charles Birger is sentenced to death for the murder of West City Mayor Joseph Adams. Ray Hyland, a gunman for Birger, and Birger associate Arthur...
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  • southern Illinois. They were the main rivals of the famous bootlegger Charles Birger and his gang. In 1950, the Saturday Evening Post described the Sheltons...
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  • The last person executed by this method was the public execution of Charles Birger the same year. After being struck down by Furman v. Georgia in 1972...
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    of the next-to-last public hanging in Illinois, when local gangster Charles Birger was executed on the gallows next to the county jail for the December...
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  • of Pretty Boy Floyd. Charles Birger No image available 1881–1928 A bootlegger based in the southern region of Illinois: Birger's gang, along with the...
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    Hollywood studios on behalf of the Chicago Outfit during the 1930s. Charles Birger No image available 1881–1928 1919–1928 Illinois bootlegger who feuded...
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    Outfit pimp and mobbed up labor union boss based in Southern California Charles Birger, Prohibition-era crime boss based in Harrisburg, Illinois Shondor Birns...
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    Bloody Williamson for years to come. The Shelton Brothers Gang and Charles Birger gangs operated in Southern Illinois in the 1920s during Prohibition...
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  • The film is loosely based on the life and death of 1920s gangster Charles Birger. Poorly received by both critics and audiences, the film has yet to...
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    Slave House), the Tuttle Bottoms Monster, prohibition-era gangster Charlie Birger, and the 2012 EF4 tornado. A Cairo and Vincennes Railroad boomtown, the...
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    shadow of a succession of powerful jarls, especially his brother-in-law Birger Jarl, whose descendants ruled as kings after his death. Erik was the son...
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  • regent: Birger Jarl 1275–1284 : Magnus Ladulås (Maunu Ladonlukko) 1284–1291 : Bengt Birgersson (Bengt Birgerinpoika ) 1291–1302 : Birger Magnusson (Birger Maununpoika)...
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  •  United States 44.0 1500 metres details Charles Mathiesen  Norway 2:19.2 OR Ivar Ballangrud  Norway 2:20.2 Birger Wasenius  Finland 2:20.9 5000 metres details...
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    Johan Birger Essen Dahlerus (6 February 1891, Stockholm – 8 March 1957, Stockholm) was a Swedish businessman, amateur diplomat and friend of Hermann Göring...
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    Perhaps this was due to the influence of the mighty second-of-the-realm, Jarl Birger Brosa. As far as we know the succession took place without bloodshed. Knut...
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    Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2015. Birger, Jon (August 4, 2008). "The Woman Who Called Wall Street's Meltdown". Fortune...
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    Klan War, and a gang rivalry between the Shelton Brothers Gang and Charles Birger's gang. The building is now a history museum and is listed on the National...
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    Azlan Shah of Perak, in Batu Gajah, British Malaya (d. 2014) Died: Charles Birger, 46, American bootlegger Dorus Rijkers, 81, Dutch sailor and folk hero...
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    notorious bootleggers who fought it out with the Harrisburg, Illinois-based Birger Gang to control criminal activities in Southern Illinois. During the first...
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    Birger Sjöberg (1885–1929) was a Swedish poet, novelist and songwriter, whose best-known works include the faux-naïf song collection Fridas Bok (Frida's...
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    TV journalists with Stockholm City Hall in the background. A statue of Birger Jarl, traditionally considered the founder of Stockholm, stands on a pillar...
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    embraced a Mandaean baptismal formula in their rituals in the 2nd century CE. Birger A. Pearson compares the Five Seals of Sethianism, which he believes is a...
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    non-repeating names (such as Birger, Sigismund and Frederick's successor: Adolf Frederick) had not been enumerated. He was the son of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel...
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  • the study, understanding, and individual experience of Gnosis." Pearson, Birger (2007). Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions and Literature. Minneapolis: Fortress...
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  • of Norway, King (1380–1387) Sweden Sweden (800–1521) (complete list) – Birger, King (1290–1318) Ingeborg of Norway, Regent (1318–1319) Magnus IV, King...
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  • Sweethearts (1990 film), an Australian film Sweethearts (1996 film), a film by Birger Larsen nominated for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film Sweethearts...
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