On March 21, 1963 Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the world-famous maximum-security prison located on a cold island in the San ...
Alcatraz Island, a military fort turned an army prison in the San Francisco Bay, is most well known for operating as a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. That distinction is being challenged after ...
On March 21, 1963, the last prisoners left the maximum security prison in San Francisco Bay.
On March 21, 1960, police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire on a crowd protesting the country’s “pass laws,” killing ...