Editing Sanarchive:Selected anniversaries/February 3

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*[[1959]] – The Day the Music Died; rock and roll pioneers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson died in a plane crash, an event later immortalized in the song American Pie.
*[[1966]] – The Soviet Union's Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, providing the first panoramic photos for visual and scientific study.
*[[2002]] – U2’s halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVI became a legendary moment in live performance art as a tribute to the victims of 9/11.

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|[[Felix Mendelssohn]]|b|1809
|[[Norman Rockwell]]|b|1894
|[[John Cassavetes]]|d|1989
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