The day television died

The Day Music Died was on February 3, 1959, when a small airplane crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson who were aboard that plane.  They were the biggest rock and roll performers of that time.  On May 22, 1992 the last show of The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson was aired on television after running for 30 years every weeknight.  That's the Day Television Died.