Early on the morning of 5th September 1972 eight members of Black September, a Palestinian terrorist organization, took hostage 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team. By the end of the day all the hostages were dead.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
murder of 11 Israeli athletes at Munich Olympics
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Munich Olympics 40 years
The Hackney Gazette give the unveiling date as 25th but we believe Boris John...
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Jacob Lepidus
Anarchist. During the so-called 'Tottenham Outrage' (see there for the full, exciting, story) Lepidus and his henchman Paul Helfeld (or Hefeld) commandeered a tram. The picture is not a photograph ...
1 memorial
Brixton nail bomb
The bomb which injured 48 people, was planted by neo-Nazi bomber David Copeland. Copeland, who was also responsible for the nail bomb attacks in Brick Lane (24 April) and at the Admiral Duncan pub...
2 memorials
Brick Lane bomb
The bomb was planted by Neo-Nazi David Copeland, who was also responsible for the attacks in Brixton (17 April) and the Admiral Duncan pub (30 April) in Soho. Brick Lane has a large Bangladeshi c...
1 memorial
Lockerbie bombing
Pan Am 103 flying Heathrow to New York's JFK was destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland. 270 were killed: 243 passengers, 16 crew, 11 on the ground.
18 memorials
Bombs 7 July 2005
In the middle of the morning rush hour four bombs went off on three tube trains, at 8.50am and a bus, at 9.47am. 52 people died. Plaques commemorating the victims have been placed at each of the b...
12 memorials
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1 memorial
Chaplin - Lambeth Walk
SE1, Lambeth Walk, Chandler Hall
The BFI date the Hippodrome performance to Christmas 1900. The quote about a day without laughter may have been said by Chaplin but he wa...
2 subjects commemorated
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
D. H. Lawrence - Hampstead
NW3, Byron Villas, Vale of Health, 1
2025: The Standard reported on this flat being for sale, saying that the 2-bedroom ground floor flat was Lawrence's first residence in Lo...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Terrence Alonzo Best
Terrence Alonzo Best was born on 9 December 1932. On 20 August 1959 he is shown as arriving in Southampton, Hampshire, aboard the S.S. Ascania having departed from Port of Spain, Trinidad and Toba...
1 memorial
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