A look back at Alcatraz

A rifle grenade fired by a soldier at left explodes at an already shattered and pock marked window at the Federal Prison on Alcatraz Island where rioting prisoners are cornered after killing two guards and wounding 15, May 3, 1946. (AP Photo/Jack Rice)

A look back at Alcatraz

This is a gun tower on the west side of Alcatraz Prison Island in San Francisco Bay, shown April 30, 1952. The San Francisco skyline can be seen in the background. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett)

Notable passings of 2012

In this July 29, 1964 file photo, Richard Zanuck, 29, is shown as production manager at Twentieth Century-Fox studio in Los Angeles. Zanuck, the son of Darryl F. Zanuck, has been schooled by his father in all phases of the business. According to his publicist, Richard D. Zanuck has died at a…

Presidential elections and transfers of power

With hardly an inch of space to spare, this giant wave of humanity spread over Broadway, in the heart of New York City's Theatrical District on election on Nov. 8, 1932 in New York. It was a happy crowd, shouting, cheering, and tooting their horns as the night grew on and more election retur…

A look back: Terrorist acts against Americans

A U.S. Marine stands guard as rescue workers search the rubble of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut for bodies. Rescue workers search the collapsed front of the building after the terrorist bombing on April 18, 1983. (AP Photo/Bill Foley)