Event

June 1962 Alcatraz escape

12 Jun 1962 · 37.83° N, 122.42° W

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When
12 Jun 1962
Kind
Event
Coordinates
37.83° N, 122.42° W

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, June 1962 Alcatraz escape.

Summary

Alcatraz escape attempt: Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin escape from the Alcatraz Island prison in the United States; it is never confirmed that they make it ashore.

June 1962 Alcatraz escape

Prison break in San Francisco, California

On the night of June 11, 1962, inmates Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, United States.

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