On this day: July 11

Escape from Alcatraz Triggers Massive 1962 Manhunt

On July 11, 1962, three inmates vanished from Alcatraz after an overnight escape, prompting a large-scale search across San Francisco Bay and widespread media attention as authorities sought to determine whether they drowned or reached the mainland.

NASA Discloses Ongoing Issues Aboard Skylab Space Station

NASA announced persistent technical and environmental problems aboard the Skylab orbital station, detailing electrical faults, life-support challenges and degradation of equipment that complicated ongoing missions and ground recovery plans.

Timothy McVeigh Executed for 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing

Timothy McVeigh, convicted for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people, was executed by lethal injection on July 11, 2001, after years of trials, appeals, and a federal death sentence.