Biographies: August 31
Diana, princess of Wales
Featured Biography Diana, princess of Wales

The world is too little aware of the waste of life, limb and land which anti-personnel landmines are causing among some of the poorest people on Earth.

Diana, Princess of Wales

On this day in 1997, Princess Diana died in Paris following an automobile accident—first thought to be caused by paparazzi but later blamed on the driver—that also claimed the lives of her companion Dodi Fayed and the driver.