On This Day for September 3 - Viking 2's Mars landing, Louis Sullivan is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. September 03 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Louis Sullivan READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1976 Viking 2's Mars landing READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2012: Colombian drug trafficker Griselda Blanco—who was a leading figure in the Miami drug scene in the 1970s and early '80s and was known as the "Godmother of Cocaine"—was fatally shot in Medellín, Colombia. [Test your knowledge of criminality and famous outlaws.] 2001: American film critic Pauline Kael, an outspoken reviewer for The New Yorker magazine who was celebrated as much for the provocative style of her writing as for the content, died in Massachusetts. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about film.] 1991: American director Frank Capra —who was best known for a series of beloved films that included Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946)—died in California. [Take our film buff quiz.] 1971: Qatar officially became independent from the United Kingdom . [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about the Middle East.] 1970: American professional gridiron football coach Vince Lombardi—who became a national symbol of single-minded determination to win, known for leading the Green Bay Packers to victories in the first two Super Bowls—died at age 57. [How much do you know about American football?] 1962: American poet and painter E.E. Cummings—who first attracted attention, in an age of literary experimentation, for his unconventional punctuation and phrasing—died at age 67. [Take our authors and poets quiz.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1929 Whitey Bulger American crime boss 1963 Malcolm Gladwell Canadian journalist and writer 1913 Alan Ladd American actor 1875 Ferdinand Porsche Austrian engineer 1947 Mario Draghi Italian economist 1499 Diane De Poitiers French noble 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