(NOTE) Holly’s mother and his widow both learned he had died from the news. Ever since, police departments have made it a policy not to release a victim’s name until their family has been notified.
A 1947 Beechcraft Bonanza (Model 35), similar to the aircraft that crashed.
Gull Avenue, Crash site is located west of intersection of 315th Street and Gull Avenue., Clear Lake, IA.
Former KGW radio D.J. Red Robinson (left) and Buddy Holly.
On this day in 1984, President Ronald Reagan was preparing for his weekly radio broadcast when, during testing of the microphone, the President said of the Soviet Union, "My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you that I just signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."
In Bloomington, MN, the Mall of America opened on this day in 1992. It was the largest shopping mall in the United States.
England’s Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married on this day in 1981.
Italy’s leader of the National Fascist Party, Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini(July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945).
From left: Benito Mussolini with the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was authorized by the U.S. Congress. President Dwight Eisenhower (center) signed an act creating the agency on this day in 1958.
The first All-Star baseball game was held in Chicago on this day in 1933. The American League beat the National League 4-2.
The Biafran War erupted on this day in 1967. The war lasted two- and-a-half years. About 600,000 people died.
Late Odumegwu Ojukwu (left) leader of the breakaway Republic of Biafra from 1967 to 1970.
One of the casualties of the war.
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo de Rivera(Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón)(July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954)
Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon women’s singles tennis title on this day in 1957. She was the first black athlete to win the event.
Roy Rogers (Leonard Franklin Slye) (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998)
Roy Rogers was one of the most popular Western stars of his era. Known as the "King of the Cowboys", he appeared in over 100 films and numerous radio and television episodes of The Roy Rogers Show.
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
Rogers died of congestive heart failure on July 6, 1998. He had been residing in Apple Valley, CA. Roy was buried at Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Apple Valley, as was his wife Dale Evans three years later.
