On This Day for September 1 - German invasion of Poland, Joaquín Balaguer is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. September 01 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Joaquín Balaguer READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1939 German invasion of Poland READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2004: Chechen rebels seized a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia; the siege, which ended two days later, resulted in the deaths of more than 330 people, the majority of them children. [ Test your knowledge of Russian history.] 1980: Due to poor health, Canadian activist Terry Fox, who had part of his leg amputated because of cancer, was forced to end his Marathon of Hope, a run across Canada to raise money for cancer research; it was later discovered that the cancer had spread to his lungs, and he died in 1981. [ Take our quiz about diseases and human health.] 1972: Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky to become the first native-born American to hold the title of world chess champion. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about chess.] 1952: Life magazine published Ernest Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea, his last major work of fiction; it was also released as a book, and in 1953 it won a Pulitzer Prize. [ Test your knowledge of famous novels.] 1875: American novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs, best known as the creator of Tarzan, was born. [Take our quiz about famous authors.] 1838: American frontiersman William Clark, who shared with Meriwether Lewis the leadership of the epic Lewis and Clark Expedition, died. [ Take our exploration and discovery quiz.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1923 Rocky Marciano American athlete 1950 Phil McGraw American psychologist 1938 Alan Dershowitz American lawyer 1875 Edgar Rice Burroughs American novelist 1902 Carlo Gambino American crime boss 1935 Seiji Ozawa Japanese American conductor SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help