On this day in 1910 we also saw the birth of the future New Orleans mob boss, Calogero Minacore, better known to many as Carlos Marcello. Marcello was probably most famous for his alleged involvement in the JFK assassination of 1963, however there was no links to be founded pinning him to the crime.

On this day in 1910, Calogero Minacore was born in Kabylie, Algeria, to Sicilian parents who would soon relocate their family to Louisiana. The boy who would one day become Carlos Marcello, the most powerful and feared organised crime boss in the American South, arrived in New Orleans as an infant and grew up in the tough streets of a city already steeped in underworld tradition. Few could have predicted that this Algerian-born child of Sicilian immigrants would go on to build one of the most formidable criminal empires in American history.

Marcello rose through the ranks of New Orleans organised crime with a shrewdness and ruthlessness that earned him respect far beyond Louisiana's borders. By the late 1940s, he had firmly established himself as the boss of the New Orleans crime family, a territory that stretched across Louisiana, Mississippi, and parts of Texas. His influence within the national syndicate was considerable, and he maintained close working relationships with heavyweight figures including Santos Trafficante Jr. and New York's own Carlo Gambino. Unlike the flashier bosses of the era, Marcello preferred operating quietly, building his empire through gambling, prostitution, labour racketeering, and later, legitimate business ventures that provided essential cover for his criminal earnings.

His ongoing battle with the federal government became the defining struggle of his later years. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy made Marcello a prime target, and in 1961, he was controversially deported to Guatemala, only to return illegally to the United States shortly afterwards. The animosity between Marcello and the Kennedy family was well documented and openly acknowledged, which inevitably drew him into the whirlpool of conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963. The House Select Committee on Assassinations investigated Marcello extensively in the late 1970s, and whilst the committee suggested a possible conspiracy existed, no conclusive evidence was ever uncovered directly linking Marcello to the murder. He consistently denied any involvement until his dying day.

Marcello was eventually convicted in 1981 as part of the FBI's BRILAB sting operation, which targeted bribery and labour racketeering. He served time in federal prison before his deteriorating health led to his release. He died in 1993, having led the New Orleans family for over four decades without ever being successfully prosecuted for his core criminal activities. His legacy endures as one of the most cunning and resilient mob bosses the American underworld has ever produced.