Today is Thursday, Sept. 5, the 249th day of 2024. There are 117 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Sept. 5, 1972, Palestinian militants attacked the Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Games, killing two and taking nine others hostage; five of the militants, a German police officer and all nine hostages were killed in the following 24 hours.
Also on this date:
In 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia.
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