births
September 3, 1929
Whitey Bulger, American organized crime boss (died 2018)
Whitey Bulger
James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger Jr. was an American organized crime boss who led the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish mob group based in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, northwest of Boston. On December 23, 1994, Bulger went into hiding after his former FBI handler, John Connolly, tipped him off about a pending RICO indictment against him. He remained at large for 16 years. After his 2011 arrest, federal prosecutors tried Bulger for 19 murders based on grand jury testimony from Kevin Weeks and other former criminal associates.
September 3
September 3 is the 246th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 119 days remain until the end of the year.