This was the leading story on my birthday 62 years ago { August 11, 1934 }
The "most dangerous" federal prisoners were taken to Alcatraz Island, located 1.5 miles offshore in San Francisco Bay ,Californa.
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On August 11, 1921: Alex Haley, author of Roots was born in Ithaca, New York. "Roots became a TV miniseries in 1977 and the most watched dramatic show in TV history"
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