February 3, 1959

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(idea) by dido (1.9 y) (print)   (I like it!) Sat Dec 29 2001 at 17:21:23

Also known as the Day the Music Died. The day when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash near Clear Lake Iowa. This day and the general shift in musical directions that followed afterwards were forever immortalized in Don McLean's classic song American Pie.

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