August 11 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for August 11
In the headlines today:

2002	Arlington, VA-based US Airways announces it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2000	The NTSB releases a transcript from the cockpit voice recorder of EgyptAir Flight 990, which crashed 10/31/1999 off the New England coast, killing all 217 aboard.
1997	US president Bill Clinton uses his new line-item veto powers for the first time on a trio of tax and spending bills.
1968	The Beatles launch their own record label, Apple, part of their new Apple Corps business enterprise.
1965	An altercation between the California Highway Patrol and two African-American men today touches off a massive, 6-day Watts riot in Los Angeles.
1962	Soviet cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev blasts off on a 4-day flight aboard Vostok III.
1960	The Republic of Chad gains its independence from France.
1956	A car accident claims the life of artist Jackson Pollock in New York.
1951	The first color broadcast of a baseball doubleheader is made (WCBS-TV, NY City).
1934	The first boatload of inmates arrive at Alcatraz federal prison, in San Francisco Bay.
1919	Industralist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie dies at his summer home in Lenox, MA, at age 83.