UN secretary-general Kurt Waldheim appeals to the United States to end its bombing of North Vietnam.

3 Aug.

Due to a dockworkers' strike, Britain declares a state of emergency.

16 Aug.

King Hassan II of Morocco survives an assassination attempt. The next day the Moroccan minister of defense, Gen. Mohammed Oufkir, commits suicide.

26 Aug.

Seven thousand athletes from 120 nations open the twentieth Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

1 Sept.

After matches held in Reykjavik, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky of the U.S.S.R., winning the world chess championship.

5 Sept.

Eleven members of the Israeli Olympic squad are murdered by Arab terrorists in Munich, West Germany. Five terrorists and a policeman are killed in a subsequent airport shoot-out. Israel responds on 8 September with air raids against ten Arab guerrilla bases in Syria and Lebanon. The Olympic games conduct a memorial service on 6 September and conclude on 11 September.

17 Sept.