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The plane took off at 12:55 AM Central Time on Tuesday, February 3, 1959. Shortly after takeoff, the plane crashed, killing everyone aboard. A concrete monument was erected outside The Surf, and the ballroom is adorned with large pictures of the three musicians.
In June 1988, a 4-foot (1.2 m) tall granite memorial bearing the names of Peterson and the three entertainers was dedicated outside the Surf Ballroom with Peterson's widow, parents, and sister in attendance; the event marked the first time that the families of Holly, Richardson, Valens, and Peterson had gathered together.
As the Des Moines Register marks its 175th year, today's historic front page is from Feb. 3, 1959: The Day the Music Died, when Buddy Holly was killed
Monument in front of Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. The Winter Dance Party tour began in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on January 23, 1959. The amount of travel involved created logistical problems, as the distance between venues had not been considered when scheduling performances.
The only known surviving poster from Buddy Holly's performance at the Riverside Ballroom in 1959 has a new home in southern Florida.
Mark Steuer has a collection of 1959 Winter Dance Party memorabilia, including "the Holy Grail of autographs," he would like to see get a public space.
It was reported that the United States might put a man into space as early as February 26, 1959, with Scott Crossfield, a test pilot for North American Aviation, flying the X-15 to a point 200 miles (320 km) above the Earth, well above the 100 kilometres (62 mi) altitude that defines the beginning of "outer space".
The Riverside Ballroom, 1560 Main St., hosted the Winter Dance Party on Feb. 1, 1959. It commemorates the historic night each winter with John Mueller's Winter Dance Party tribute show.