Munich Olympics massacre
September 5, 1972
Eight Palestinian Black September gunmen took eleven Israeli athletes hostage at the Munich Olympic Village. A botched German rescue attempt at a military airfield ended with every hostage dead, along with five terrorists and a policeman. ABC's Jim McKay told viewers: They're all gone. Terrorism had entered the age of live television.
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