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Events on Thursday 21 August 1930 1
1930 – 2002Princess Margaret (1930-2002)Died 9 February 2002, aged 71Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II. In the 1950s she gave up plans to marry the divorced Group Captain Peter Townsend, a decision seen as a clash between duty and personal life. Her later years were marked by ill health following several strokes.