Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa

Date: July 30, 1975 • Location: Washington, United States

American labor-union leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared after last being seen outside a restaurant near Detroit.

James Riddle Hoffa was an American labor union leader who served as the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 to 1971. He was alleged to have ties to organized crime, and disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1975.