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.
Ritchie Valens, J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson and Buddy Holly. A deadly plane crash robbed rock and roll of three of its top singers. The Daily Tribune newspaper reports the deaths of Buddy Holly, J. P. The Big Bopper Richardson and Ritchie Valens.