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  2. Munich massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, carried out by eight members of the Palestinian militant organisation Black September. The militants infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine other Israeli team members hostage. Those hostages ...

  3. 1972 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The 1972 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1972), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad (German: Spiele der XX. Olympiade) and officially branded as Munich 1972 (German: München 1972; Bavarian: Minga 1972), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.

  4. 'September 5' Fact v. Fiction: What the Movie About the 1972 ...

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    In 1972, he was a 30-year-old coordinating producer at the Summer Olympics who took matters into his own hands during the Munich massacre. Mason helmed the ABC control room during the live ...

  5. "They're all gone": The tragedy of the 1972 Munich Olympics

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    At the 1972 Munich Olympics, Arab terrorists took the Israeli team hostage. Former news and sports exec Sean McManus, son of ABC Sports commentator Jim McKay, looks back on that tragedy, and of ...

  6. One Day in September - Wikipedia

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    One Day in September is a 1999 documentary film directed by Kevin Macdonald examining the 5 September 1972 murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Michael Douglas provides the sparse narration throughout the film. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 72nd Academy Awards, on 26 ...

  7. 1972 Munich Olympics massacre: 'I will never shut up'

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    STORY: On September 5, 1972, Palestinian gunmen from the radical Black September ground took members of the Israeli Olympic team at the poorly secured athletes' village.Within 24 hours, 11 ...

  8. Black September Organization - Wikipedia

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    The group was responsible for the 1972 Munich massacre in which 11 Israeli Olympic athletes were murdered, nine of whom were first taken hostage, and the killing of a German police officer, during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.

  9. Moment of silence for Munich massacre victims held for 1st ...

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    A moment of silence was held during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony Friday for the Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Munich games, marking the first time those victims were formally honored ...