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1934: Chicago was in the grip of a weeklong heat wave, and the mercury that day reached 101. Twenty-three people died of the heat, but the death that drew the most attention was that of John Dillinger ...

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John Dillinger Biography John Herbert Dillinger (/ˈdɪlɪndʒər/; June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American gangster during the Great Depression.

On July 22, 1934, FBI agents shot and killed Dillinger outside the Biograph Theatre in Chicago. Makley and Pierpont attempted a last-minute prison break with wooden guns carved in their cells.

A copy of infamous gangster John Dillinger’s death mask can be found at the Florence County Museum!

The museum displayed memorabilia like Dillinger's bloodied pants, a submachine gun and a photo of his lifeless face after he was gunned down outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago.

Dillinger became “Public Enemy Number One,” and on July 22, 1934, he was ambushed by federal agents outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago. Meeting John Dillinger Face-to-Face ...

That brings us to the Biograph Theater located at 2433 N Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Park. Dillinger and his friends were seeing a film at the theater on July 22, 1934.

Ninety years after he was gunned down outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, tourists still attest to the lasting mystique of gangster John Dillinger.