This Day in History

February 3rd in History

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper die in a plane crash. Plus, first paper money in the Americas and the longest streetcar tunnel in the world. Norman Rockwell and Pretty Boy Floyd are born; Gutenberg and Woodrow Wilson die. Happy Setsubun!

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Quote of the Day

“One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.”

Gertrude Stein, writer born February 3, 1874