They lost their husbands -- weightlifter Yossef Romano and fencing coach Andre Spitzer -- in the attack. We can't stop the tears from flowing. For this moment we waited," they said. Hili Tropper, Israel's minister of culture and sport, said the moment of commemoration was "historic justice". The inclusion of a moment of silence was also welcomed by the March of the Living, an international Holocaust memorial organisation that campaigns against anti-semitism, saying it was "long overdue.
Relatives of those killed had sought for them to be remembered at opening ceremonies but the IOC had previously ignored those requests. On the sunny morning of September 5, , in the Washington, D. Using ladders, several of them climb to the roof of the house, and from there they unfurl a giant piece Oglala Sioux leader Crazy Horse is fatally bayoneted by a U.
On September 5, , Sam Houston is elected as president of the Republic of Texas, which earned its independence from Mexico in a successful military rebellion. Fifty-six delegates from all the colonies except Georgia drafted a declaration of rights On the evening of September 5, , General Joseph Joffre, commander in chief of the French army during World War I, readies his troops for a renewed offensive against the advancing Germans at the Marne River in northeastern France, set to begin the following morning.
With the This operation lasted until October , and was one of the last major large-scale military Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder in the death of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in March September 5, , President Gerald R.
Ford survives an attempt on his life in Sacramento, California. He said that at least one of the terrorists was an official employee in the village and that there was reason to believe some of his confederates had also obtained accreditation. The idea of trying to liberate the hostages at the Olympic Village was rejected, Dr. Merk said, because it could have "involved athletes from other nations" living nearby. After the terrorists killed two Israelis and took control of the Olympic Village, a number of events continued until activities were suspended late in the day.
Despite the carnage at the airport, Avery Brundage, chairman of the International Olympic Committee, famously said, "The Games must go on," and 34 hours later competition resumed. Above right, a Palestinian terrorist within the Olympic Village.
The last touchdown, on a reception from Steve Young late in the fourth quarter, was the th of Rice's career, breaking Jim Brown's N. Rice had regular-season touchdowns through The year-old Clay had his first pro bout as a heavyweight seven weeks later against Tunney Hunsaker, the police chief of Fayetteville, W.
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