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Music’s Aviation Tragedies: Ritchie Valens

Four Walls @FourWalls (86713) • United States 3 Feb 24

Yes, this is not in alphabetical order in the monthlong look at aviation disasters that involved musicians. However, today is February 3, and we can’t get to this day without remembering it. So, out of order but most...

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A mixture of the elections and La Bamba.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 3 Nov 20

I now know which are the news channels but watching all the elections is too long. So I did some zapping and I found the movie La Bamba, about the story of Ritchie Valens. Right now I turned it back to the elections and to mylot...

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May 13, 2020 - What happened that day?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222417) • United States 13 May 20

National Apple Pie Day National Root Canal Appreciation Day 1880 - In Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA, Thomas Edison performed the first test of his electric railway. 1995 - Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British woman, becomes...

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February 3, 2020 - What happened on that day?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222417) • United States 3 Feb 20

The Day the Music Died - On February 3, 1959 Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper were among those killed in a small plane crash. "The day the music died" is a line from Don McLean's "American Pie" and alludes to the...

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May 13 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222417) • United States 12 May 19

Frog Jumping Day 1861 - The Great Comet of 1861 was discovered. It was visible to the naked eye for three months. It has an orbit of approximately 400 years and won't be visible again until the 23rd century. Amazing! 1941 -...

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Something Touched Me Deep Inside.....

Four Walls @FourWalls (86713) • United States 3 Feb 18

Fifty nine years ago today, February 3, 1959, saw one of the first tragedies in the young genre of “rock and roll.” Thanks to a song 12 years later, it would become known as “The Day the Music Died.” In 1959 rock and roll was...

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The Day the Music Died

Four Walls @FourWalls (86713) • United States 3 Feb 17

February 3, 1959. It's a date carved in tears on the hearts of music fans across genres and generations. February 3, 1959 was, as Don McLean described it in his classic song "American Pie," "the day the music died." There have...

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the day the music died

cher913 @cher913 (25781) • Canada 3 Feb 09

today is the 50th anniversary of the death of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens... Does anyone remember this? it was before i was born, but my mom remembers this. They had a memorial concert today. here is the...

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