Mafia boss John Gotti was convicted of thirteen murders and racketeering.
On June 10, 2002, John Gotti died from throat cancer while in confinement.
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Albert Einstein visited New York City and lectured on his Theory of Relativity for the first time.
Explorer Juan Ponce de León found Florida and claimed it for Spain.
The Coinage Act was enacted in the US.
Taylor Swift became the world's first musician to become a billionaire solely from songs and concerts.
Sixty-six people died in Sverdlovsk, USSR, when a bio-warfare lab accidentally released airborne anthrax.
