The rock classic “American Pie” was inspired by the tragic death of three rock-n-roll greats, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Big Bopper Richardson, in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. Don McLean famously coined the term “The Day the Music Died” to describe the event.
I was thinking about the phrase recently because there are dates and memories that get stuck in history. We remember where we were when heard that something happened. And to me a couple completely unrelated events are stuck together.
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