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Life was
published weekly from 1936 to 1972 with
intermittent "special" until 1978.
Then a monthly
from 1978 to 2000; and a weekly newspaper
supplement from 2004 to 2007. March 26,
2007, Time Inc. announced that it would fold
the magazine on April 20, 2007, although it
would keep the website
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Princess Diana died August 31, 1997.
Her funeral September 6, 1997 saw seen by 33 million viewers around
the world. That day was at once sorrowful and uplifting as Diana, Princess of Wales, was remembered
as a woman of "natural nobility" whose life of compassion and style transcended sometimes abusive press coverage.
Diana was laid to rest on her family's estate. Diana's flag-draped coffin and topped with three wreaths.
Carrying the simple notation "Mummy"
from her son Harry. Her coffin was carried from the gates of Kensington Palace through the streets of
London in a
solemn procession to the doors of Westminster Abbey followed by
Prince Charles, the Duke of Edinburgh, Lord Spencer, William and
Harry
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11 February 1990 Freedom for Nelson Mandela.
Leading anti-apartheid campaigner Mandela was freed from prison in South Africa after 27 years.
His release follows the relaxation of apartheid laws... including lifting the ban on
the black rights party the African National Congress (ANC) by South African President FW de Klerk.
Mandela appeared at the gates of Victor-Verster Prison in Paarl with his wife Winnie.
Holding her hand and dressed in a light brown suit he smiled at the ecstatic crowds and punched the air in a victory salute before taking a silver BMW to Cape Town.
People danced in the streets and thousands clamored to see him at a rally in Cape
Town
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1990
Leaning Tower of Pisa closed to public. The Leaning
Tower of Pisa has been closed to the public for the
first time in 800 years amid speculation the structure
is on the verge of toppling over. Over the past 100
years the belfry at the top of the mediaeval tower has
moved 9.6 inches (nearly a quarter of a metre) The tilt is currently 16ft (4.9m) off the perpendicular and increases by about one-twelfth of an inch (2mm) every year because the layer of clay and sand on which it is built is softer on the south side than on the north. So, the Italian government has set aside 100bn lire and appointed an international team of experts to come up with a detailed plan within three months to save the building from
collapse
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