August 31, or Princess Diana Died
Zodiac Sign Virgo
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Virgo, August 31. Born on this day are happy to devote themselves to serving the community.
Whatever role these people play, they always attract the attention of others.
Great parents, loyal friends, executive workers - you can endlessly list the merits of those born on this day.
Many of them are simply not able to stand aside when events occur that in one way or another affect the lives of those who are truly dear to them. For the sake of the happiness of others, they are often ready to sacrifice their own well-being, but, oddly enough, they only benefit from this.
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Virgo men born on August 31:
- are distinguished by the following qualities:
- clean,
- caring,
- analyst,
- calm,
- decent.
- The Virgo man is calm and reasonable.
- Demonstration, posturing and boasting are alien to him.
- He watches for a long time, looks closely and carefully thinks out his every step.
- In a relationship, such a man will rarely decide to take the initiative, but there is no doubt about his loyalty and reliability.
Virgo women born on August 31:
- are characterized by the following properties:
- logical,
- economical,
- adapting.
- The Virgo woman is the ideal of fidelity, devotion and constancy.
- At the first meeting, she seems cold, unapproachable and indifferent.
- The reasons for this behavior lie in the fact that the Virgo woman must carefully weigh all the risks and analyze the situation before showing her emotions.
Main event
Princess Diana died in a car accident
August 31, 1997
On the night of August 31, 1997, in a car accident that occurred in an underground tunnel under Alma Square in Paris, Diana, the Princess of Wales, the first wife of Prince Charles of Wales, the heir to the British throne, died. Together with the princess, her friend Dodi al-Fayed died too.August 31, 1997
Lady Dee
Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul died on the place. Diana, taken from the scene to the hospital Salpetriere, died in two hours. She was buried in the family estate Spencers Eltorp in Northamptonshire, on a secluded island.
The cause of the accident has not been officially announced yet. There are a number of versions: alcoholic intoxication of the driver, the need to go off at high speed from the persecution of paparazzi, as well as various conspiracy theories.
The only survivor of the ''Mercedes S280'' with the number "688 LTV 75" - the bodyguard of the princess, who suffered serious injuries - does not remember the events.
Princess Diana was one of the most popular women in the world. She was called ''Lady Di'', ''the people's princess'', ''the queen of hearts'', the most photographed woman in the world ...
She actively engaged in charitable and peacekeeping activities. She personally visited many hopeless patients in different countries of the world, campaigned in defense of animals. She was an activist in the fight against AIDS and for stopping the production of anti-personnel mines.
A few months before her death, the princess, without regret, sold at auction in New York the most exquisite toilets, saying: "Clothes are not so necessary for my work as before." The three million dollars raised were transferred to charity.
Also on August 31...
1673 - all tramps were expelled from the city of Quebec (Canada).
1674 - sale of alcoholic beverages to Indians is prohibited in Rhode Island (USA).
1900 - sales of Coca-Cola began in Britain.
1919 - press censorship is abolished in Ireland.
1920 - Belgium began paying old-age pensions.
1939 - a fake attack on a German radio station in Glajwice, which served as a pretext for the attack of the Wehrmacht on Poland, the consequence of which World War II began.
1951 - the first long-playing record with a rotation speed of 33 1/3 turns per minute went on sale in Dusseldorf, West Germany.
1955 - William Cobb in Chicago demonstrated the world's first car with solar panels.
1961 - Soviet Union breaks the Soviet-American moratorium on nuclear testing.
1966 - the first flight was made by the English fighter vertical takeoff and landing "Harrier".
1966 - first chess tournament between computers began in New York. Three years before the match between the Soviet and American electronic chess players took place, in which the Soviet side won. In 1974, the first world championship was held, in which the Soviet program ''Kaissa'' won.
1975 - International Monetary Fund decided to cancel completely a gold settlements in international currency settlements.
1993 - California company ''Lytton Industries'' won a record amount in patent litigation - she received $ 1.2 billion from ''Honeywell'' for using her aviation navigation systems.
1995 - '' Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum'' opened in Cleveland. Cleveland substantiated his claims to be called the birthplace of rock and roll by the creation of WMMS radio and the fact that DJ Alan Freed worked there, who coined the term “rock 'n' roll” in the early 1950s.
1997 - ''Microsoft Network'' broadcast the ''U2'' concert from Dublin. Users had the opportunity to change the camera angle.
1997 - American David Minan passed 45.45 km in 7 hours (world record), dancing tap dance.
2007 - near Vancouver, a balloon caught fire and crashed to the ground. Of the 13 passengers killed two (mother and daughter).
2010 - died Laurent Finion (b. 1960), French road cyclist, winner of the Tour de France (1983, 1984) and Giro d’Italia (1989).
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