TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

Sept. 5, 1957

The novel “On the Road,” by Jack Kerouac, was first published by Viking Press.

ON THIS DATE 1972

The Palestinian group Black September attacked the Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Games, killing 11 Israelis and a police officer. German forces killed five of the gunmen.

1991

The 35th annual Naval Aviation Symposium held by the Tailhook Association opened in Las Vegas; during the four-day gathering, there were reports that dozens of people, most of them women, were sexually assaulted or otherwise harassed.