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Nov 7, 2023 · Episode Details 379 - The 1972 Munich Olympic Massacre The 1972 Munich Olympics were described as "The Cheerful Games." But the sporting triumphs were overshadowed when halfway through the event, 8 terrorists from a group called Black September broke into the Olympic Village and took 11 members of the Israeli delegation hostage.

Nov 7, 2023 · Israel’s athletes had been housed together at the Olympic Village. In the early morning hours, the terrorists, brandishing guns and hand grenades, captured the athletes in Room 1 and Room 3, but for some unknown reason skipped Room 2 where Ladany, Stroch and three others were housed.

2 days ago · The Summer Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'été ), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and the most recent Games were held in 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

Nov 30, 2023 · Answer: Berlin, 1936. The Berlin Games were known as the Nazi Olympics as they were a showcase for Hitler's Reich. The 1972 Munich Games were specifically designed as an antecedent to the '36 Games which helps to account for the lax security that was present.

3 days ago · After 20 years of competition on the Olympic stage, the USSR convincingly topped the medal chart at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. After that, the U.S. would not top the medal table in non-boycotted games until the 1996 Summer Olympics, five years after the USSR collapsed.