The duration of which the St. Valentines Day massacre lasted was a total of eight minutes. The day it started was on February 14, 1929, and it ended on the same day. On February 13, Al Capone (who was in Miami to get out of unwanted attention) gave the "thumbs-up" to his henchmen for the assassination of Bugs Moran.
Some other events that led to this were:
Some other events that led to this were:
- In 1899, Al Capone quit school at sixth grade and joined a street gang.
- In 1921, his old friend Johnny Torrio convinced Al Capone to come to Chicago where he was making an impressive business on commerce of illegal alcohol.
- In 1925, Al Capone's friend Torrio was shot four times by Bugs Moran and Hymie Weiss