Also on this day

1556: Former Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is executed.

1685: Johann Sebastian Bach born.

1928: Charles Lindbergh, right, receives Medal of Honour for solo flight across the Atlantic.

taking civilian prisoners from 1934. It was specifically designed to house inmates considered too dangerous to be held in any other jail. The Rock, as it was known, was the end of the road for the worst of the worst.

Each prisoner had their own tiny cell and there was a guard for every three inmates.

Its most infamous jailbird was Al Capone.

The Chicago gangster was transferred there after it was discovered he was still running his criminal empire from behind bars in Atlanta. He spent four and a half years on the Rock and once told the warden “It looks like Alcatraz has got me licked.”

Being inescapable didn’t stop inmates from trying. There were at least 14 attempts, involving 36 prisoners. Of these, 23 were captured, six shot and killed, and two confirmed drowned. The remaining five are presumed drowned, although rumours persist that at least one may have made it to safety.

Alcatraz closed because costs of running the island were huge and the buildings crumbling.

Question: Which football manager, born on this day in 1935, is immortalised in a statue at Pride Park stadium?

Last week I asked: Russian video game designer Alexey Pajitnov was born on March 14, 1956. What game is he best known for? TETRIS