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Tuesday 3rd of February 1959 (-) — Rock and roll musicians 22-year-old Buddy Holly, 17-year-old Ritchie Valens, and 28-year-old J. P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson together with 21-year-old pilot Roger Peterson are killed in a plane crash The Civil Aeronautics Board concluded that the accident was due to "the pilot's unwise decision to embark on a flight" that required instrument flying skills he had not proved to have.
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