| Events | Docu-Links | ||
| A carelessly tossed cigarette starts a small fire in the laundry. | Small Fire in Laundry | ||
| Rufus Franklin stabs Henri Young in the recreation yard. Young is placed in solitary for his own protection. | Young Stabbing | ||
| Warden Johnston declares a work stoppage at the death of President Franklin Roosevelt. | Mourning Roosevelt | ||
| Alcatraz guards go on alert during the United Nations Conference in San Francisco. | UN Alert | ||
| U.N. delegates are granted permission to visit Alcatraz. | |||
| Clarence Carnes, the "Chocktaw Kid", arrives and becomes Alcatraz's youngest prisoner at age 18. | Psychiatric Summary for Carnes | ||
| John Giles nearly makes it off the Rock when he dons a uniform and boards the Army launch bound for Angel Island. | |||
| Thomas Wareagle submits a petition of habeas corpus on the grounds that he did not have the assistance of counsel. | |||
| Thomas Robinson's death sentence is commuted by President Harry Truman. | |||
| Thomas Robinson is returned to Alcatraz. | |||
| Claude Branch is beaten to death by Ralph Greene. | |||
| * designates extensive inmate biographies additional bios in preparation | |||