Overview
- In 1972, Palestinian militants attacked the Israeli Olympic team in Munich, resulting in multiple deaths and hostages.
- President Gerald R. Ford survived an assassination attempt by Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme in 1975.
- The first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in 1774.
- Jack Kerouac's novel 'On the Road' was published in 1957.
- Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, won an Olympic gold medal in 1960.