Diana, Princess of Wales dies in car crash

Tuesday, August 31 The 243rd day of the year 122 days left Today in history Shortly after midnight on August 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales—affectionately known as “the People’s Princess”—dies in a car crash in Paris. She was 36. Her boyfriend, the Egyptian-born socialite Dodi Fayed, and the driver of the car, Henri Paul, died as well....

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