Overview

• Argentina observes the Day of Agriculture and the Agricultural Producer, traced to the founding of the country’s first agricultural colony in Santa Fe.
• Global observances include International Literacy Day (UNESCO, 1965), International Day of the Journalist (OIP, 1958, in homage to Julius Fučík), World Physiotherapy Day (WCPT, 1996) and World Cystic Fibrosis Day (2013).
• María Soledad Morales, 17, was raped and murdered in Catamarca in 1990, a case tied to police and political cover-up that spurred silent marches, federal intervention and the collapse of the Saadi power structure.
• Gabriela Sabatini won the 1990 US Open on this date, defeating Steffi Graf 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) to claim her lone Grand Slam singles title.
• Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea was published on September 8, 1952, a work that earned the 1953 Pulitzer Prize and contributed to his Nobel recognition.