Diana, Princess of Wales was born on 1 July 1961 in Park House. A member of the British royal family, Diana was born Lady Diana Spencer, and married Prince Charles in 1981 in a ceremony watched by hundreds of millions of people. She was the mother of Princes William and Harry. Beyond her royal duties she became known for humanitarian work, including visits to AIDS patients, which helped to reduce stigma, and campaigning against landmines. Her marriage broke down publicly, and the couple separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996. In August 1997 she died in a car crash in a Paris tunnel while being pursued by photographers, an event that caused an extraordinary outpouring of public grief in Britain and around the world.
Before and after
- 25 May 1961Kennedy commits the United States to a Moon landing
- 1 June 1961Birth of Yevgeny Prigozhin
- 6 June 1961Death of Carl Jung
- 21 June 1961Birth of Joko Widodo
- 1 July 1961Birth of Diana, Princess of Wales
- 2 July 1961Death of Ernest Hemingway
- 4 August 1961Birth of Barack Obama
- 6 August 1961Launch of Vostok 2
- from 13 August 1961 to 9 November 1989Construction of Berlin Wall
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- 22 March 1945Founding of Arab League
- 1950Origins of Formula One
- 8 August 1967Founding of ASEAN
- 10 December 1987Rise of Hamas
- 1994Rise of Taliban
- 11 September 2001September 11 attacks
The era
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