Events April 7 – Johnny Dio is convicted of income tax evasion and later sentenced to four years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. November 28 – Twenty mobsters arrested at the Apalachin Conference in 1957 are acquitted of conspiracy charges by a US appeals court. Arts and literature Murder, Inc. (film) starring Henry Morgan, Peter Falk, Vincent Gardenia and Howard Smith. The Purple Gang (film) starring Barry Sullivan and Robert Blake. Births Carmine Agnello, member of Gambino crime family June 21 – Costabile Farace, Mafia associate September – Luigi Putrone, Sicilian Mafia boss Deaths Ezio Galanzo (1932 - 1965), member of the Gambino Crime Family Notes Organized crime Years in organized crime