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.
Â© Provided by Sky News. Also killed in the crash on 3 February 1959 in Iowa was the aircraft pilot, Roger Peterson. Aviation authorities are considering reopening the investigation into the plane crash that killed music stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper.