Travel Reference
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The Allies hold a series of trials against Nazi leaders accused of crimes against peace
and humanity in a courthouse at Nuremberg. Ten of the accused are executed by
hanging.
1972
Bavaria shows off its friendliness - and cutting-edge architecture - during the Olympic
Games, but the event is overshadowed by the so-called Munich Massacre, a deadly ter-
rorist attack on Israeli athletes.
1974
Just two years after the tragic events of the Munich Olympics, the city hosts the final
of the FIFA World Cup. West Germany defeat Holland 2:1 at the Olympic Stadium.
1992
The state-of-the-art Munich airport opens, quickly becoming the second-busiest airport
in Germany. It's named after former Bavarian minister-president Franz Josef Strauss,
who helped establish Airbus.
2005
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who was born in 1927 in the town of Marktl am Inn near
the Austrian border, is elected Pope Benedict XVI.
2006
Munich's new Allianz Arena hosts the first match of the FIFA World Cup soccer
championships. Hosts Germany beat Costa Rica 4:2 in an exciting curtain raiser.
2007
After 14 years, Edmund Stoiber steps down as minister- president of Bavaria and party
chairman of the CSU, having seen his leadership skills called into question.
2016
The Free State of Bavaria's rights to Hitler's
Mein Kampf
are set to run out. The text
can then be reproduced freely by any publishing house in the world.
