Jimmy Hoffa Disappears…..
July 30, 1975……
The ex-teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa is last seen outside of a restaurant in a Detroit, Michigan suburb. He said he was going there to meet with two mafia leaders. Hoffa was Teamster boss from 1957 to 1971, playing a major role in the growth and development of the Teamsters union, which eventually became the largest in the U.S. with over 2.3 million members. Hoffa was involved with organized crime during his Teamsters work and in 1964 was convicted of jury tampering, attempted bribery, and fraud. He was sentenced to 13 years and imprisoned in 1967. In 1971, he resigned as president of the union as part of a pardon agreement with President Richard Nixon.