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Ritchie Valens
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- Aviation Accident Victims
- Name Changers
- Famous People Who Died in Accidents
Ritchie Valens
Songwriter, Singer / 1941 - 1959
Mexican-American musician Ritchie Valens is best known for his hit "La Bamba." His successful career was cut short when he died in a plane crash at age 17.
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Johannes Gutenberg
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- Famous People Named Johannes
- Famous Germans
Johannes Gutenberg
Inventor / 1395 - 1468
German inventor Johannes Gutenberg developed a method of printing from movable type. He printed the first book via movable type, the “Forty-Two-Line” Bible.
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Buddy Holly
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- Aviation Accident Victims
- The Ed Sullivan Show Guests
- Musical Monikers
Buddy Holly
Singer / 1936 - 1959
Buddy Holly was a singer/songwriter whose records, conveying a sense of the wide-open spaces of West Texas and unstoppable joie de vivre, remain vital today.
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Woodrow Wilson
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- Nobel Peace Prize Winners
- Who Is On Your Money
Woodrow Wilson
Educator, U.S. President / 1856 - 1924
Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. resident, led America through World War I and crafted the Versailles Treaty's "Fourteen Points," the last of which was creating a League of Nations to ensure world peace. Wilson also created the Federal Reserve and signed the 19th Amendment, allowing women to vote.
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Belle Starr
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- Wild West
- Famous Aquarians
- Famous People Who Were Murdered
Belle Starr
Criminal / 1848 - 1889
Outlaw Belle Starr (1848-1889) declared herself the "bandit queen" for her career as a cattle and horse rustler in Texas and Oklahoma.
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J. P. Richardson
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- Famous People Who Died in Accidents
- Famous Scorpios
- Famous Singers
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