11 October 1972 October 10, 2012 Author: Staff A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. Famous Words of Inspiration..."To us, the moment 8:17 A.M. means something - something very important, if it happens to be the starting time of our daily train. To our ancestors, such an odd eccentric instant was without significance - did not even exist. In inventing the locomotive, Watt and Stevenson were part inventors of time." Aldous Huxley — Click here for more from Aldous Huxley Related posts: 26 December 1972 2 February 1972 17 June 1972 11 October 1942 Categories: History Tags: 11 October, 1972