The Munich massacre is an informal name for events that occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Bavaria in southern West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually murdered by the Islamic terrorist group Black September.
The Battle of New Orleans was a great victory for the U.S. in January, 1815, but it took place two weeks after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent had ended the war. 363. Jackson's victory at New Orleans
1 The Missouri Compromise settled the question of slavery in the United States for many years. 2  Its repeal would bring about conflict that would lead to the Civil War.