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Edgar Allan Poe Abraham Lincoln (Washington DC, 4 February 1849). jj
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The entire U.S. Figure Skating team was killed in a plane crash in Brussels, Belgium on February 15, 1961.
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Patsy Cline (September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963), born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Gore, Virginia, was an American country music singer who was successful in pop music crossovers during the early 1960s era of the Nashville Sound. Prior to her death at the age of 30 in a private plane crash, she was at the height of her career.
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CLARK GABLE serving as an gunner during in WWII. He signed up for duty following the tragic death of his wife Carole Lombard, who was on a war bond tour when her plane crashed. The grief-striken Gable served with a bomber squad in Europe. Due to his fame and heroism, Hitler put a bounty on Gable's head.
ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC! AUGUST 3RD...
Feb 03, 1959.... rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff from Mason City on a flight headed for Moorehead, Minnesota. Holly and his band, the Crickets, had just scored a No. 1 hit with "That'll Be the Day."
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Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, others killed in plane crash. 1959
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Famous Last Words: "Are you guys ready? Let's roll." Who: Todd Beamer, passenger on United Flight 93, September 11, 2001. Note: These are his last recorded words, coming at the end of a cell phone call before Beamer and others attempted to storm the airliner's cockpit to retake it from hijackers who were part of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The plane crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Daily Mirror Front Page Headline Reports Death of Ernest and Mary Hemingway
EH09826D Daily Mirror front page headline reports death of Ernest and Mary Hemingway in African plane crash, January, 1954.