Bert Lahr, was a actor and comedian. He was best known for his
role as the Cowardly Lion, as well as his counterpart Kansas
farmworker "Zeke", in the 1939Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adaptation
of The Wizard of Oz (below).

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Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco‘s Bay closed down and
transferred its last prisoners.

Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary closed after 29 years—not
because of the famous escapes, but because the isolated
island lockup was too expensive to operate.

Nearly a million gallons of water alone had to be barged
to the island each week.