Above is a lovely image of iconic Japanese actress Reiko Ike, who you see here circa 1971 when she was just coming into her own in pinku films like… Uh, hello? Yes, we’re talking to you. But since you like her so much we’ll share a lot more on her, the action-packed genre of pinku cinema, and Japanese film in general down the line.
1929—Seven Men Shot Dead in Chicago
Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s South Side gang, are machine gunned to death in Chicago, Illinois, in an event that would become known as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Because two of the shooters were dressed as police officers, it was initially thought that police might have been responsible, but an investigation soon proved the killings were gang related. The slaughter exceeded anything yet seen in the United States at that time.