Today in History: August 31, Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in Paris crash

Today is Monday, Aug. 31, the 243rd day of 2026. There are 122 days left in the year.Today in history:On Aug. 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed after the car she was riding in crashed in Paris; her partner Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul (who was found to have been intoxicated at the time of the accident) also died.Also on this date:In 1881, the first U.S. tennis championships (for men only) began in Newport, Rhode Island.In 1886, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of up to 7.3 devastated Charleston, South Carolina, killing at least 60 people.In 1962, the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago became independent of British colonial rule.In 1972, the charismatic Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut, 17, won individual gold medals on the balance beam and floor exercise at the Sum