The Day the Music Died
On February 3, 1959, a small plane crashed in an Iowa cornfield, killing rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper — a loss Don McLean immortalized as "the day the music died."
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'Pinkeltje': The Day Philips Showed the World the Compact Disc
On March 8, 1979, Philips demonstrated a tiny silver disc in Eindhoven — and music was never the same again.