On this day....

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On this day in History....

Friday, February 03, 2006
AP Highlight in History:
On Feb. 3, 1959, a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, claimed the lives of rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. ''The Big Bopper'' Richardson.
On this date in:
1690 The first paper money in America was issued by the colony of Massachusetts.
1809 The territory of Illinois was created.
1865 President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens held a peace conference aboard a ship off the Virginia coast. The talks deadlocked over the issue of Southern autonomy.
1913 The 16th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for a federal income tax, was ratified.
1917 The United States broke off diplomatic relations with Germany, which had announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
1924 Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, died in Washington, D.C., at age 67.
1930 The chief justice of the United States, former President William Howard Taft, resigned for health reasons.
1988 The U.S. House of Representatives rejected President Ronald Reagan's request for at least $36.25 million in aid to the Nicaraguan Contras.
1994 The space shuttle Discovery blasted off with a woman, Air Force Lt. Col. Eileen Collins, in the pilot's seat for the first time.
1998 Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker for the pickax killings of two people in 1983; she was the first woman executed in the United States since 1984.
1998 A U.S. Marine jet sliced through a ski gondola cable in Italy, sending the car's 20 occupants plunging 370 feet to their deaths.
AP Photo/Alberto Lancia
2000 The Senate voted 89-4 to confirm Alan Greenspan for a fourth term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
2003 Abandoning a two-month-long general strike that failed to oust President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's workers returned to work in all sectors but the vital oil industry.
2003 Record producer Phil Spector was arrested in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion in Alhambra, Calif. (Spector has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.)
2005 Alberto Gonzales won Senate confirmation as attorney general.

Today's Birthdays:
Actor Nathan Lane (''The Producers'') turns 50 years old today.
Joey Bishop Comedian 88
Shelley Berman Comedian 80
Paul Sarbanes U.S. senator, D-Md. 73
Fran Tarkenton Football hall-of-famer 66
Bridget Hanley Actress 65
Dennis Edwards Singer 63
Bob Griese Football hall-of-famer 61
Dave Davies Rock musician (The Kinks) 59
Melanie Folk singer 59
Morgan Fairchild Actress 56
Lee Renaldo Rock musician (Sonic Youth) 50
Thomas Calabro Actor (''Melrose Place'') 47
Keith Gordon Actor-director 45
Michele Greene Actress (''L.A. Law'') 44
Matraca Berg Country singer 42
Maura Tierney Actress (''ER,'' ''Newsradio'') 41
Vlade Divac Basketball player 38
Warwick Davis Actor 36
Grant Barry Musician (Reel Big Fish) 29
Actress Blythe Danner turns 63 years old today.

[arkess7]

awwww......i loved that movie the buddy holly story that gary busey played in........and the ricthie valens movie too.,........where lou diamond phillips played him "la bamba" ........i forget the name of the movie about buddy holly....