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September 1, 2024 - September 7, 2024 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries on each day for the week. This week features the invasion of Poland by Germany, the defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra by Augustus Caesar, Russia’s school hostage crisis in Beslan, the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland, Tsar Peter the Great of Russia’s tax on beards, Anastasia, youngest daughter of Russia’s last Tsar, Nicholas II, and Mexican artist Jose Clemente Orozco.
September 1, 1939: Germany invaded Poland, heralding the start of World War Two. Great Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later
September 2, -31: Augustus Caesar defeated the naval forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, the victory making Augustus the master of the Roman world
September 3, 2004: Russia’s school hostage crisis in Beslan ended tragically when 330 people, over half of them children, died in bomb explosions or fierce gunbattles
September 4, 1964: The Forth Road Bridge in Scotland, with a centre span of 3,300ft (1,006m), was opened, connecting the capital city of Edinburgh with Fife to the north
September 5, 1698: Tsar Peter the Great of Russia imposed a tax on beards as part of an effort to modernise Russian society along western European models
September 6, 1994: It was confirmed that Anastasia, youngest daughter of Russia’s last Tsar, Nicholas II, died with her family in 1918 despite years of speculation that she survived
September 7, 1949: Mexican artist Jose Clemente Orozco died. One of the greatest mural painters of the 20th century, his works adorn many buildings in Mexico and the United States