11 August 1965 August 10, 2011 Author: Staff The Watts race riots start in the Watts area of Los Angeles. Famous Words of Inspiration..."I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one which I, who have spent so much of my life in the military profession, would have preferred never to use. That new language is the language of atomic warfare." Dwight Eisenhower — Click here for more from Dwight Eisenhower No related posts. Categories: History Tags: 11 August, 1965