| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1959/02/02 | Ritchie Valens wins a seat on Buddy Holly's chartered plane to Hector Airport, Fargo | Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake |
| 1959/02/02 | Dion declines a seat on the Holly's charted plane to Fargo. He can't justify the indulgence since the fare of $36 is the same as a month's rent for an apartment. | Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake |
| 1959/02/02 | Waylon Jennings gives his seat on the plane to J P "The Big Bopper" Richardson, Richardson was suffering from the flu. | Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake |
| 1959/02/02 | To avoid the bitter cold on the bus, Buddy Holly charters a plane that could bring 3 passengers to Hector Airport, Fargo, North Dakota | |
| 1959/02/03 | Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and their pilot Roger Peterson are killed in a plane crash less than 6 miles from Mason City Municipal Airport, 0.4 mi E of Gull Ave near 315th St. | Clear Lake, Iowa |
| 1959/02/04 | Don McLean learns of Buddy Holly's death while folding newspapers for his paper route | |
| 1971/05/26 | Don McLean records his song "American Pie" (The Day the Music Died) in honor of Buddy Holly |
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