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Monday, August 11, 2025

Alcatraz (in 1934 an abandoned military prison) operates next 29 years until 1963

ON THIS DATE

August 11, 1934

the to-become infamous

prison "home" to gangsters and

the "bird-man" of Alcatraz

marked the arrival of

the first prisoners on

the S. F. Bay island prison.

over the next 3 decades

1,500 prisoners would call

it their prison-address.

apnews.com/today-in-history/august-11

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