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This day in history

Matt Melton

Humor Editor

1946: The Battle of Alcatraz occurs as six inmates take over the prison in a failed escape attempt. Why hasn’t this become a level in some video game yet? Get on that CS majors!

2000: President Bill Clinton announces the civilian use of GPS. Now both a human and computerized woman can tell you where to go in a car, and the man’s wrong twice.