Add marker to Google Map on Click

This is actually a documented feature, and can be found here

// This event listener calls addMarker() when the map is clicked.
  google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', function(e) {
    placeMarker(e.latLng, map);
  });

  function placeMarker(position, map) {
    var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
      position: position,
      map: map
    });  
    map.panTo(position);
  }

After much further research, i managed to find a solution.

google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', function(event) {
   placeMarker(event.latLng);
});

function placeMarker(location) {
    var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
        position: location, 
        map: map
    });
}

In 2017, the solution is:

map.addListener('click', function(e) {
    placeMarker(e.latLng, map);
});

function placeMarker(position, map) {
    var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
        position: position,
        map: map
    });
    map.panTo(position);
}