The Palestinian terrorist group Black September takes 11 Israeli athletes hostage, at the XVIIth Olympiad in Munich, socialist Federal Republic of (West) Germany, killing two immediately.
Postscript: The remaining nine hostages were murdered the following evening during a rescue attempt.
[restored 11/6/2022]
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References:
“Today in History,” Orange County (California) Register, 5 September 2009, News:3.
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