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* 1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
* 1937 – Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay ; neither is ever seen again.
* 1962 – Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
* 1946 – In San Francisco Bay, U. S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz federal prison.
* 1933 – The United States Army Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island, is acquired by the United States Department of Justice
* The Rock or Alcatraz Island, small island in San Francisco Bay, California, United States
The federal prison on Alcatraz Island no longer functions, but the complex is a popular tourist site.
For the next 20 years, many could find only low-paid work with the island government and the only available employment overseas for the islanders was restricted to the Falkland Islands and Ascension Island, a period during which the island was often referred to as the “ South Atlantic Alcatraz ”.
The Rock is a 1996 action film that primarily takes place on Alcatraz Island and in the San Francisco Bay Area.
* November 9 – A group of Amerindians, led by Richard Oakes, seizes Alcatraz Island for 19 months, inspiring a wave of renewed Indian pride and government reform.
* March 21 – The Alcatraz Island federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closes ; the last 27 prisoners are transferred elsewhere at the order of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
March 21: Alcatraz Island | Alcatraz closes
** Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin, with apparent success, escape from the Alcatraz Island prison.
Lustig pleaded guilty at his trial and was sentenced to 20 years in Alcatraz Island, California.
In October of that year, Baez became the first major artist to perform in a professional concert presentation on Alcatraz Island ( a former U. S. federal prison ) in San Francisco, California, in a benefit for her sister Mimi's Bread and Roses organization.
Along with other celebrities, she supported the Alcatraz Island occupation by American Indians in 1969, which was intended to call attention to failures of the government in treaty rights and the movement for greater Indian sovereignty.
Alcatraz Island is located in the San Francisco Bay, offshore from San Francisco, California, United States.
Alcatraz Island, 1895.
Alcatraz Island from the southwest.
A model of Military Point Alcatraz, 1866 – 1868, now on display at Alcatraz Island
The first Spaniard to document the island was Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775, who charted San Francisco Bay, and named one of the three islands he identified as the " La Isla de los Alcatraces ," which translates as " The Island of the Pelicans ," In 1993, the National Park Service published a plan entitled Alcatraz Development Concept and Environmental Assessment.
On February 6, 2008, the Alcatraz Island Global Peace Center Proposition C failed to pass, with 72 % of voters rejecting the proposition.
Brandt's Cormorant nesting on Alcatraz Island

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Kent Allard appears as himself in at least twenty-eight Shadow novels: " The Shadow Unmasks ," " The Yellow Band ," " Death Turrets ," " The Sealed Box ," " The Crystal Buddha ," " Hills of Death ," " The Murder Master ," " The Golden Pagoda ," " Face of Doom ," " The Racket's King ," " Murder for Sale ," " Death Jewels ," " The Green Hoods ," " Crime Over Boston ," " The Dead Who Lived ," " Shadow Over Alcatraz ," " Double Death ," " Silver Skull ," " The Prince of Evil ," " Masters of Death ," " Xitli, God of Fire ," " The Green Terror ," " The Wasp Returns ," " The White Column ," " Dictator of Crime ," " Crime out of Mind ," " Crime Over Casco ," and " Dead Man's Chest.

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Early October saw TRSI contributing to the " Main " party in France, including a popular invitro in conjunction with Alcatraz and the Rebels cooperation " Hil ", which scored fourth as combined 4K on PC.

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He was best known for the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1956 ) and five films with Clint Eastwood, including Dirty Harry ( 1971 ) and Escape from Alcatraz ( 1979 ).
These films in particular, as well as others including Play Misty for Me ( 1971 ), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot ( 1974 ), The Outlaw Josey Wales ( 1976 ), Escape from Alcatraz ( 1979 ), Tightrope ( 1984 ), Pale Rider ( 1985 ), Heartbreak Ridge ( 1986 ), In the Line of Fire ( 1993 ), The Bridges of Madison County ( 1995 ), and Gran Torino ( 2008 ), have all received commercial success and critical acclaim.
Set in San Francisco, California, the film features many famous sights and neighborhoods of the Golden State metropolis, including the Golden Gate Bridge, the Palace of Fine Arts and Alcatraz.
In Birdman of Alcatraz, as a prison warden touring the cell block, Malden recites a list of inmates ' names, including Sekulovich.
The tower, which stands atop Telegraph Hill in San Francisco's Pioneer Park, offers fantastic views of San Francisco including the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (" Aquatic Park "), Alcatraz, Pier 39, Angel Island, Treasure Island, the Bay Bridge, Russian Hill, the Financial District, Lombard Street, and Nob Hill.
Some of the Indians of All Tribes came in from Alcatraz, including Richard Oaks, leader of that action ; other activists came from Canada.
During the seventies he had roles in films including The Great Gatsby, with Robert Redford, Slaughterhouse-Five, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Escape from Alcatraz, with Clint Eastwood.
In the DC Comics universe, metahuman criminals are incarcerated in special metahuman prisons, like the one built on Alcatraz Island, which is outfitted not only with provisions to hold criminals whose powers are science and technology-based, but even mystical dampeners to hold villains ( including Homo magi ) whose powers are magic based.
The band was a part of many exclusive performances during promotion of the record, including a Live at the Rock n ' Roll Hall of Fame concert for MTV, and a special televised concert for VH1, Live at Alcatraz, being the first band to ever play a concert on the infamous island.
The " Battle of Alcatraz " resulted in the deaths of two guards and three inmates, including Cretzer.
On clear days, the site affords a panoramic view of this entire region of the bay including the Farallon Islands, Angel Island, Alcatraz, the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge and the East Bay.
Views from the top of the hill extend in several directions around the Bay Area, including the Bay Bridge, Marin County, the Golden Gate Bridge, and Alcatraz.
In 2010 Lizzy Borden toured North America and Europe, including festival appearances at Wacken Open Air 2010, Alcatraz Metal Festival, Leyendas del Rock festival ( cancelled ) and Elsrock Festival.
According to Laura Jane Moore in the book Sifters, Native American Women's Lives: In 1885 Geronimo and Naiche fled their reservation with 140 followers including Lozen after rumors began circulating that their leaders were to be imprisoned at Alcatraz Island.
In 1963, J. Campbell Bruce published his book Escape from Alcatraz about escapes from Alcatraz Island, including that of Morris and the Anglin brothers.
Eastwood has appeared in over 50 films and has starred in 42 films, including Hang ' Em High, Play Misty for Me, Dirty Harry, Escape from Alcatraz, Tightrope, The Bridges of Madison County, and Gran Torino.
In 1963, J. Campbell Bruce published his book Escape from Alcatraz about escapes from Alcatraz Island, including that of Morris and the Anglin brothers.
The organization's Open Days program has opened more than three hundred private gardens to the public throughout the United States and has been active in the preservation of seventeen important private gardens for posterity, including the rehabilitation of the gardens at Alcatraz.

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