Buddy Holly and Maria Elena Santiago (above) were married in a
private ceremony at his parents home in Lubbock, TX.

Buddy and Elena with Buddy’s parents.

María Elena Holly will be 85 on December 20.

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England’s Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married
on this day in 1981.

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini
(July 29, 1883 – April 28 1945) 

Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890)

Vincent van Gogh: Olive Trees with Yellow Sky. Oil on Canvas
Saint-Rémy: November, 1889.

ED DANAHUE

On this day in 1967.

On this day in 1986, Britain’s Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson
at Westminster Abbey in London. They divorced in 1996.

On this day in 1984, Miss America, Vanessa Williams, turned in
her crown after it had been discovered that nude photos of her
had appeared in "Penthouse" magazine. She was the first to
resign the title.

Vanessa Williams resigning her Miss America title in New York City.

Vanessa Lynn Williams turned 54 in March.

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It was on this day in 1904.

King Hussein of Jordan married 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who
became Queen Noor on this day in 1978.

Ella Fitzgerald died this day in 1996.

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Astronaut Ed White: First American Spacewalker on this day in
1965.

Edward Higgins "Ed" White II
(November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967)

It was on this day in 1989.

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor after their wedding
at the Chateau de Cande near Tours, France, on this
day in 1937. 

Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) Writer and poet