When AA running cost tables were first published in 1950, the road fund licence (car tax) was Â£10 and a litre of petrol cost 3.3p. You need to take care with comparisons though. 1  modern cars are much more economical and a lot safer.
This article is about the plane crash. For other uses, see The Day the Music Died (disambiguation) . On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. The Big Bopper Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with the pilot, Roger Peterson.
A gun that belonged to Buddy Holly was found at the crash site, fueling rumors that the pilot was shot and perhaps Richardson survived the crash and was trying to get help. âI was hoping to put the rumors to rest,â the son Richardson said. Bass took X-rays of the body and found nothing to support those theories.