Episode 996

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5th Sep 2026

Massacre in Munich, the First Legal Forward Pass, and Jerry Rice became the all-time TD leader - This DiSH for Sept. 5

In 1972, 8 members of Black September, an offshoot of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, invaded the Israeli Olympic living quarters. Eleven Israeli athletes, coaches, and support staff along with one police officer were killed before it ended.

In 1906, the first legal forward pass was thrown in a football game.

In 1994, Jerry Rice scored 3 times and became the all-time leader in TDs scored.

In 1971, British F1 driver Peter Gethin won the Italian Gran Prix at Monza by the narrowest margin of .01 of a second.

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This Day in Sports History
Remember and relive the greatest moments in sports history every day of the year.
Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact. 

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