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5 days ago · During the escape, the men wriggled through a chiseled shaft onto the roof and down a pipe. They climbed two barbed wire fences and placed the boats into the waters. They were never found and presumed dead. This trio was the most famous escape attempt and from this escape, the movie, Escape From Alcatraz debuted in 1978.
5 days ago · All three were in Alcatraz because of a history of escape attempts from other prisons. Together with a fourth prisoner, Allen West, they plotted a scheme to put the escape-proof reputation of the prison to the test.
5 days ago · Motion picture covering President John F. Kennedy's trip to Mexico beginning in June of 1962. Included are scenes of President Kennedy being welcomed with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy by Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos and delivering remarks, a tour by the First Lady, and shots of local landmarks, scenery, and activities.
3 days ago · The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand [a] was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.
5 days ago · Description. Sound recording of the President’s News Conference of June 14, 1962 (News Conference 36). The President begins the press conference with a statement concerning the strike being threatened by the flight engineers union against three major airlines, Trans World Airlines (TWA), Pan American World Airways (Pan Am), and Eastern Airlines.
4 days ago · James 'Whitey' Bulger: A Boston mob boss, Bulger was incarcerated at Alcatraz from 1959 to 1962 for armed robbery. After Alcatraz, he returned to his life of crime and was a fugitive for 16...
4 days ago · Dean Michael Wiwchar is facing a B.C. Supreme Court trial on murder and conspiracy to commit murder charges in connection to the Jan. 17, 2012 slaying of Sandip Duhre, gunned down at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre in Vancouver.
