On This Day In History Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel Opens Flamingo Hotel

As History.com notes, on this day in 1946 New York mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel opened the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.

You can read about Siegel and the event via the below link:

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