On this day in 1954, British medical student Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1913, the California Senate passed a law restricting the property ownership rights of Asian immigrants. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this day in 1946, six inmates at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary carried out the most violent escape attempt in the prison’s history.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.