TODAY IN JEWISH HISTORY: September 5, 1972. Eleven Israeli athletes and coaches, members of the Israeli team to the Munich Olympic Games, are taken hostage and killed by the Palestinian terrorists after the failure of the rescue attempt by the Germans. Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 4:00am GMT+3. During the Munich Massacre by the Palestinian terrorists in the 1972 Olympics, Israeli racewalker Shaul Ladany awakened and alerted American track coach Bill Bowerman, who called for the U.S. Marines to come and protect American Jewish Olympians swimmer Spitz and javelin thrower Bill Schmidt. This tragedy occurred just hours after Mark Spitz, one of the greatest Olympians in history, won 7 gold medals and setting 7 new world records.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 04:52:55 +0000