In 1959, it was "the day the music died" as a plane crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa, killing rock 'n roll stars Buddy Holly, ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" richardson, as well as pilot Roger Petrson.
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Author James Michener (1907)
Comedian Shelley Berman (1926)
Former football quarterback Fran Tarkenton (1940)
Former football quarterback Bob Griese (1945)
Singer-guitarist Dave Davies (1947)
Actress Morgan Fairchild (1950)
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"It was naive of the 19th centruy optimists to expect paradise from technology - and it is equally naive of the 20th century pessimists to make technology the scapegoat for such old shortcomings as man's blindness, cruelty, immaturity, greed and sinful pride."