The Day the Music Died

Summary

The Day the Music Died is an aviation accident^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.5% of aviation_accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,054 views/month, #7 of 1,410).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Day the Music Died is located in Iowa^[3].
• The Day the Music Died is in the country of United States^[4].
• The Day the Music Died's image is recorded as HollyMonument.jpg^[5].
• The Day the Music Died's instance of is recorded as aviation accident^[6].
• The Day the Music Died's instance of is recorded as airplane crash^[7].
• The Day the Music Died's location is recorded as Clear Lake^[8].
• The Day the Music Died's location is recorded as Iowa^[9].
• The Day the Music Died's Commons category is recorded as The Day the Music Died^[10].
• The Day the Music Died's aircraft registration is recorded as N3794N^[11].
• The Day the Music Died's point in time is recorded as +1959-02-03T00:00:00Z^[12].
• The Day the Music Died's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.22, 'lon': -93.383333333333}^[13].
• The Day the Music Died's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g1l4^[14].
• The Day the Music Died's maximum capacity is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}^[15].
• The Day the Music Died's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}^[16].
• The Day the Music Died's number of injured is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}^[17].
• The Day the Music Died's start point is recorded as Mason City Municipal Airport^[18].
• The Day the Music Died's start point is recorded as Mason City^[19].
• The Day the Music Died's destination point is recorded as Fargo^[20].
• The Day the Music Died's number of survivors is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}^[21].
• The Day the Music Died's Aviation Safety Network Wikibase Occurrence is recorded as 173992^[22].
• The Day the Music Died's vessel is recorded as Beechcraft Bonanza^[23].
• The Day the Music Died's carries passengers or cargo is recorded as passenger^[24].
• The Day the Music Died's MusicBrainz event ID is recorded as a527a380-5fb2-40b0-ade5-cafa46cff1c4^[25].
• The Day the Music Died's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as the-day-the-music-died-memorial-clear-lake-iowa^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for The Day the Music Died include The Day the Violence Died^[27], a television series episode^[28], directed by Wes Archer^[29].

Why It Matters

The Day the Music Died ranks in the top 0.5% of aviation_accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,054 views/month, #7 of 1,410).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include The Day the Violence Died^[27], a television series episode^[28], directed by Wes Archer^[29].