THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED- 60 YEARS AGO TODAY [ARTICLE]
It was sixty years ago today- February 3, 1959- the plane carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens went down Iowa killing all three. Attached is an article […]
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Category Archives: Disasters
I READ THE NEWS TODAY,OH BOY!- NEWS HEADLINES FROM TUESDAY JANUARY 28, 1969
I read the news today, oh boy-! News headlines from Tuesday January 28, 1969. Two news stories from the state of California captured my eight year old mind in January […]
I READ THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY- NEWS HEADLINES FROM SATURDAY JANUARY 25, 1969
I read the news today, oh boy–news headlines from Saturday January 25, 1969- 50 years ago today. I remember as an 8 year old this story for some reason having […]
I READ THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY- NEWS HEADLINES FROM THURSDAY JANUARY 23, 1969
A tornado passed through the predominantly black community of Hazlehurst , Mississippi early in the morning- killing 29 people- most of the victims were African-American. Hazlehurst, Mississippi -that rings a […]
I READ THE NEWS TODAY OH BOY- HEADLINES FROM TUESDAY JANUARY 21, 1969
I read the news today, oh boy– Tuesday January 21, 1969- the first full day of the presidency of Richard Milhous Nixon. What else was going on? In what […]
I READ THE NEWS TODAY OH BOY- NEWS HEADLINES FROM SUNDAY JANUARY 5, 1969
Sunday January 5, 1969- in the news on this day- the late 60’s seemed to be filled with air crashes and another air tragedy happened on this date- in […]
IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY- NOVEMBER 20, 1968- 78 COAL MINERS KILLED IN EXPLOSION IN MANNINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
It was fifty years ago today- November 20, 1968- another terrible coal mining disaster in the state of West Virginia. Seventy- eight coal miners were killed in an explosion […]
