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    • Feb 3, 1959
    Rock pioneer Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash near Mason City, Iowa, along with touring partners The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens. Holly's bass player, Waylon Jennings, gave up a seat on the plane
    Mar 3, 1960
    Sergeant Elvis Presley arrives at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey on his return from Germany. Nancy Sinatra accompanies him, while Tina Louise--the future Ginger Grant on "Gilligan's Island"--covers the event for the Mutual Broadcast Network
    Sep 21, 1961
    The landing gear fails on an airplane carrying Rose Maddox to Boston's Logan Airport. The plane spins into Boston Harbor; only one passenger dies
    Nov 14, 1961
    Wynn Stewart and businessman Don Spafford open a Las Vegas club, Nashville Nevada. They call attention to the club's hours--it's open 24-hours-a-day--by dropping the key to the front door from an airplane into the desert
    Aug 18, 1962
    Jim Reeves arrives in Johannesburg for the first-ever country tour of South Africa. Three thousand people are waiting at the airport to greet him. Also with him are Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer and comedian Dick O'Shaunessy
    Nov 3, 1962
    Johnny Cash and June Carter arrive at Kimpo Air Force Base in South Korea at the outset of a USO tour to play for American soldiers
    Jan 11, 1963
    Teenager Priscilla Beaulieu flies back to Germany after visiting Elvis Presley at Graceland Mansion for an extended stay, with her parents' approval
    Mar 5, 1963
    A plane crash in Camden, Tennessee, claims the lives of Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and pilot Randy Hughes as they return to Nashville from a charity concert in Kansas City
    Jul 31, 1964
    Jim Reeves and pianist Dean Manuel die in a plane crash during a thunderstorm in Brentwood, Tennessee. Numerous locals--including Eddy Arnold, Chet Atkins and Ernest Tubb--search for three days before discovering the wreckage
    Dec 23, 1964
    The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson has a nervous breakdown during a plane trip to Houston. As a result, Glen Campbell is asked to play bass with the band on the road, a role he handles for the next four months



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