var timeline_events = new Array(7);
    timeline_events[0] = "467~~~Fri Jan 01 1915 00:00:00 GMT-0800~~~U.S. Disciplinary Barracks~~~From 1915 to the end of 1933, Alcatraz was the \"Pacific branch, U.S. Disciplinary Barracks\" -- a military prison.";
    timeline_events[1] = "466~~~Mon Jan 01 1934 00:00:00 GMT-0800~~~Alcatraz becomes Federal Penitentiary~~~ Alcatraz is most famous for the 29 years it operated as a U.S. penitentiary. In 1934 Alcatraz was transferred from the War Department to the Department of Justice to become a federal penitentiary. It was closed as a prison in 1963 by then U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy due to maintenance costs.  Alcatraz Island (NPS)";
    timeline_events[2] = "462~~~Mon Apr 27 1936 21:42:00 GMT-0800~~~Escape Attempt 1~~~April 27, 1936 Joseph Bowers didn't get far -- he climbed the fence in full view of a guard and was shot and killed.";
    timeline_events[3] = "463~~~Thu Dec 16 1937 00:00:00 GMT-0800~~~Escape Attempt 2~~~December 16, 1937 was the last time either Ralph Roe or Theodore Cole were seen. They sawed through a window bar in the Model Industries building, squeezed through it, and disappeared.";
    timeline_events[4] = "464~~~Mon May 23 1938 00:00:00 GMT-0800~~~Escape Attempt 3~~~May 23, 1938 James Lucas, Thomas Limerick, and Rufus Franklin armed themselves with a hammer from the furniture shop in the Model Industries building. They clubbed Officer Royal Cline to death, then made an assult on the gun tower on top of the building. The guard in the tower killed Limerick and wounded Franklin. Lucas was captured.";
    timeline_events[5] = "465~~~Fri Jan 13 1939 00:00:00 GMT-0800~~~Escape Attempt 4~~~January 13, 1939 Arthur \"Doc\" Barker, Dale Stamphill, Rufus McCain, William Martin, and Henri Young sawed through window bars in D-Block and scrambled to the water's edge. Barker was fatally wounded and the others were captured.";
    timeline_events[6] = "468~~~Wed May 21 1941 00:00:00 GMT-0800~~~Escape Attempt 5~~~May 21, 1941 - Inmates Joseph Cretzer, Sam Shockley, Arnold Kyle, and Loyd Barkdoll overpowered guards in the mat shop, but gave up after an unsuccessful attempt to saw through the window bars.";