On This Day - August 11, A Shot of History

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1934 – The first prisoners are sent to the prison of Alcatraz, San Francisco Bay.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_Island
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AlcatrazIsland-1895.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vjdOUzKqu4

1956 – Jackson Pollock, American painter, dies in a car crash.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSjY4e7NqTo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD8_iULWVH4

1960 – Chad declares independence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UJ4FyksosQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj7GuJlYlSw

2014 – Robin Williams, American actor and comedian, commits suicide at 63.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j64SctPKmqk

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet