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John Herbert Dillinger ( / ˈdɪlɪndʒər /; June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American gangster during the Great Depression. He commanded the Dillinger Gang, which was accused of robbing twenty-four banks and four police stations. Dillinger was imprisoned several times and escaped twice.
Nov 9, 2009 · John Dillinger was a Depression-era gangster, famed for his daring bank robberies and jail breaks, until he was shot to death by FBI agents in July 1934.
Jun 2, 2023 · John Dillinger’s death, the agents hoped, would finally end the gang’s reign of terror. Over the course of 10 months, Dillinger and his gang had killed 10 men, wounded seven others, staged three jailbreaks, and made off with over $500,000 (about $7 million in today’s currency).
Jun 18, 2024 · John Dillinger (born June 22, 1903, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.—died July 22, 1934, Chicago, Illinois) was an American criminal who was perhaps the most famous bank robber in U.S. history, known for a series of robberies and escapes from June 1933 to July 1934.
Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was John Dillinger? John Dillinger was born on June 22, 1903, in Indianapolis, Indiana. As a boy, he committed petty theft. In 1924, he robbed a grocery store, and was caught and...
Aug 4, 2014 · Historians have since credited the hunt for John Dillinger—and his eventual death at FBI hands—with helping legitimize the Bureau and establish it as the nation’s most famous crime unit. 10.
Oct 5, 2019 · A request to exhume the remains of infamous US gangster John Dillinger has been approved by officials in Indiana. Dillinger's relatives have been pressing for the permit, saying an imposter...
Feb 9, 2010 · Outside Chicago’s Biograph Theatre, notorious criminal John Dillinger—America’s “Public Enemy No. 1″—is killed in a hail of bullets fired by federal agents.
Aug 1, 2019 · Two relatives of notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger who plan to have his remains exhumed say they have “evidence” the body buried in an Indianapolis cemetery beneath a gravestone bearing his name may not be him and that FBI agents possibly killed someone else in 1934.
Jul 13, 2019 · Infamous bank robber John Dillinger perpetrated a daring crime spree across the Midwest in the early 1930s before FBI agents shot him dead on July 22, 1934. John Dillinger was America's most wanted criminal in the early 1930s.
