"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Geoffrey Mason was a budding TV producer eager for one of the biggest assignments of his career: ...

Eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team and a Munich police officer were killed on September 5 1972, after members of the Black September - a Palestinian militant group - broke into the Olympic ...

The hostage crisis at the 1972 Munich Olympics, also known as the "Munich Massacre," has been the subject of several movies and documentaries over the years. Steven Spielberg's Munich from 2005 was ...

The 1972 Munich Olympics kicked off under the banner of hope and peace, hosted by a country eager to turn the page nearly three decades after the fall of the Nazi regime. Instead, those Summer Games ...

The 1972 Munich Olympics were viewed by their German hosts as a chance to leave the country’s history behind. Instead, the Games became notorious for terrorism after an attack on the Israeli team by ...

Nearly 4,500 athletes are expected to compete in nine sports in the German city at the event scheduled to take place between August 11 and 21. The event concept, which sees the sports hosting their ...