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Help readers under stand why Alcatraz was turned into a federal prison
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This section was written to help the readers understand the events that led up to the decision to make Alcatraz a Federal Prison. It happened that during the 1930's, there was an increase in crimes in the United States by some hardened armed robbers.
These hardened men when convicted and sent to prisons, escaped and were no match for the prison warders. This led to the decision to construct a federal prison that was escape-proof. Alcatraz was considered the best choice because it was desolate and isolated. The worst prisoners were sent to Alcatraz.
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Cuban Missile Crisis- Sub incident
How it impacted my day to day life: I probably wouldn't be born.
October 27, 1962: A aircraft was shot down by the Soviets while over Cuba, killing its pilot, causing tensions to escalate to their highest point.
Later, a Soviet submarine was detected trying to break the blockade that the US Navy had established around Cuba. In response the destroyer USS Beale dropped fake warning torpedoes an attempt to make the submarine surface.
But while the action was designed to encourage the Soviet submarines to surface, the crew of B-59 had been incommunicado and so were unaware of the intention. They thought they were witnessing the beginning of a third world war. The captain of the sub, Valentin Savitsky, thought the submarine was under attack and ordered to prepare the submarine's nuclear torpedo to be launched at the aircraft carrier USS Randolf.
All three senior officers aboard the B-59 had to agree to the launch before it happened. Fortunately, the B-59's second in command, Vasili Arkhipov, disagreed with his other two counterparts, and convinced the captain to surface and await orders from Moscow.
Had it been launched, the fate of the world would have been very different: the attack would probably have started a nuclear war which would have caused global devastation, with unimaginable numbers of civilian deaths.
