By Karen BillingIt was 40 years ago this September at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games when an unthinkable tragedy invaded an event meant to symbolize friendship, peace and unity among nations.

Forty years ago, on September 5-6, 1972, the world was stunned as Palestinian gunmen took Israeli team members and coaches hostage at the Summer Olympics in Munich in a bid to secure the release ...

The 1972 Munich Olympic Games -- EW editorial director Peter Bonventre, on assignment for ''Newsweek'' at the time, recollects the day when terrorists killed 11 members of the Israeli team ...

Gunmen held members of the Israeli team hostage, eventually killing them, during the 1972 Munich Olympics. The attack was the first time a global audience had witnessed terrorism as it happened.

At the 1972 Munich Olympics, Arab terrorists took the Israeli team hostage. Former news and sports exec Sean McManus, son of ABC Sports commentator Jim McKay, looks back on that tragedy, and of ...

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – Victims of the attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympic Games were remembered by Germany and Israel on Wednesday with a memorial, following a long campaign b… ...

(FILES) - A picture taken on September 6, 1972, shows members of the Israeli team of the Olympic Games marching on the field of the Munich Olympic stadium to attend the memorial ceremony paying ...

Israeli Olympic team members killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympics were remembered during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony on Friday with a moment of silence, the first time ...

Adidas removes 1972 Olympic sneaker ... campaign for a reissue of a sneaker originally designed for the 1972 Munich Olympics, where 11 members of the Israeli team were killed in a ...

Israeli Olympic team members killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympics were remembered during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony on Friday with a moment of silence, the first time ...

Legendary wrestler Alan Rice recalls the tragedy of the 1972 Munich Olympics, where he coached the U.S. wrestling team.