Today is Thursday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2011. There are 331 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight:
On Feb. 3, 1959, rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died in a small plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
On this date:
In 1811, American newspaper editor Horace Greeley was born in Amherst, N.H.
In 1959, An American Airlines Lockheed Electra crashed into New York’s East River, killing 65 of the 73 people on board.
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