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Alcatraz opening
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Joe Bowers attempts first escape and fails
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Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempts second escape and are presumed dead
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Thomas Limerick, Jimmy Lucas, and Rufus Franklin attempts third escape and fails
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Arthur "Doc" Barker, Dale Stamphill, William Martin, Henry Young, and Rufus McCain attempts fourth escape and fails
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Joe Cretzer, Sam Shockley, Arnold Kyle, and Lloyd Barkdoll attempts fifth escape and fails
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John Bayless attempts sixth escape and fails
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James Boarman, Harold Brest, Floyd Hamilton, and Fred Hunter attempts seventh escape and fails
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Huron "Ted" Walters attempts eighth escape and fails
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John Giles attempts ninth escape and fails
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Bernard Coy, Joe Cretzer, Marvin Hubbard, Sam Shockley, Miran Thompson, and Clarence Carnes attempts tenth escape and fails
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Floyd Wilson attempts to escape and fails
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Aaron Burgett and Clyde Johnson attempts twelfth escape and fails
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Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin attempts thirteenth escape and are presumed dead
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John Paul Scott and Darl Parker attempts fourteenth escape and fails
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Alcatraz closing