Today in History: September 5, Munich Olympics massacre
In this Sept. 5, 1972 b/w file photo, a member of the commando group which seized members of the Israeli Olympic Team at their quarters at the Munich Olympic Village appears with a hood over his face on the balcony of the village building where the commandos held members of the Israeli team hostage. (AP Photo/Kurt Strumpf)
Today in history:
On Sept. 5, 1972, Palestinian militants attacked the Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Games, killing two and taking nine others hostage; five of the militants, a German police officer and all nine hostages were killed in the following 24 hours.
Also on this date:
In 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia.
In 1836, Sam Houston won the first presidential election in the newly established Republic of Texas.
President Theodore Roosevelt, center, is shown aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower with, left to right: Russian chairman of the Committee of Ministers, Count Sergei Witte; Russian Ambassador to the U.S., Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen; Baron Komura Jutaro, Foreign Minister of Japan, and Japanese Ambassador Kogoru Takahira, at the signing of the Portsmouth Treaty, in Portsmouth, N.H., August 23, 1905. (AP Photo)
President Theodore Roosevelt, center, is shown aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower with, left to right: Russian chairman of the Committee of Ministers, Count Sergei Witte; Russian Ambassador to the U.S., Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen; Baron Komura Jutaro, Foreign Minister of Japan, and Japanese Ambassador Kogoru Takahira, at the signing of the Portsmouth Treaty, in Portsmouth, N.H., August 23, 1905. (AP Photo)
In 1905, the Treaty of Portsmouth was signed, ending the Russo-Japanese war; for his efforts in mediating the peace negotiations, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the Noble Peace Prize the following year.
In 1957, Jack Kerouac’s novel “On the Road” was published.
The winners of the light heavyweight boxing division pose during medal ceremony at the Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Italy, Sept. 14, 1960. Gold medal winner is Cassius Clay, 18-year-old from Louisville, Ky.; silver medal winner is Z Pietrzykowski of Poland, right; and the bronze medal winners are Tony Madigan of Australia and Giulio Saraudi of Italy, far left. (AP Photo)
The winners of the light heavyweight boxing division pose during medal ceremony at the Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Italy, Sept. 14, 1960. Gold medal winner is Cassius Clay, 18-year-old from Louisville, Ky.; silver medal winner is Z Pietrzykowski of Poland, right; and the bronze medal winners are Tony Madigan of Australia and Giulio Saraudi of Italy, far left. (AP Photo)
In 1960, Muhammad Ali (as Cassius Clay) won the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing division at the Olympic Games in Rome.
In this Sept. 5, 1975 file photo, a U.S. Secret Service agent and a uniformed police officer escort and put Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme into a police car in Sacramento, Calif., after pointed at President Gerald Ford. Fromme, a devoted follower of the infamous Charles Manson, wearing a red robe, stepped out from behind a tree and pointed a loaded pistol at the President. (AP Photo)
In this Sept. 5, 1975 file photo, a U.S. Secret Service agent and a uniformed police officer escort and put Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme into a police car in Sacramento, Calif., after pointed at President Gerald Ford. Fromme, a devoted follower of the infamous Charles Manson, wearing a red robe, stepped out from behind a tree and pointed a loaded pistol at the President. (AP Photo)
In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford survived an assassination attempt by Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a disciple of Charles Manson, in Sacramento, California.
Medical workers rush Meenu Sundaveson, 16, of Detroit, Michigan, to the intensive care unit of Jinnah hospital in Karachi on Friday, Sept. 6, 1986. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing)
Medical workers rush Meenu Sundaveson, 16, of Detroit, Michigan, to the intensive care unit of Jinnah hospital in Karachi on Friday, Sept. 6, 1986. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing)
In 1986, four hijackers who had seized a Pan Am jumbo jet on the ground in Karachi, Pakistan, opened fire on the jet’s passengers; a total of 20 passengers and crew members were killed before Pakistani commandos stormed the jetliner.
In 1991, the 35th annual Naval Aviation Symposium held by the Tailhook Association opened in Las Vegas; during the four-day gathering, there were reports that as many as 90 people, most of them women, were sexually assaulted or otherwise harassed. (The episode triggered the resignation of Navy Secretary Henry L. Garrett III.)
