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On this day in 1997, a civil jury in California found O.J. Simpson (Left) liable in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and
Ron Goldman. Goldman’s parents (right) were awarded $8.5 million
in compensatory damages.

O.J. Simpson was tried and acquitted of the 1994 murders of Ron Goldman (left) and Nicole Brown.

Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson will be 72 July 9.

An earthquake in Guatemala and Honduras killed more than 22,000 people on this day in 1976.

Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley) (September 7, 1936-February 3, 1959)

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It was on this day in 1959.

(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.

The first AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional football, known retroactively as Super Bowl I and referred to in some reports, including the
game’s radio broadcast, as the Super Bowl, was played on January 15, 1967
at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA. The National
Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 35–10.

Groundhog Day is a popular tradition celebrated in Canada and the United
States on February 2. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition
that if a groundhog (Marmota monax), also called "woodchuck";  emerging
from its burrow on this day sees a shadow due to clear weather, it will
retreat to its den and winter will persist for six more weeks, and if it does
not see its shadow because of cloudiness, spring will arrive early.