Historical place archive

Munich in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Munich in Jordan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1972–1972

Historical events in Munich

1972

5 September 1972
Siege of Munich
Hussein I · House of Jordan

The Munich attack is widely condemned around the world, with King Hussein of Jordan - the only leader of an Arab country to publicly denounce the Olympic attack - calling it a "savage crime against civilization. perpetrated by sick minds"

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Jordan and Munich. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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