February 3rd 1921

The Motor Cycle writes of Glendale Works in Wooler, Northumberland. Their machines were fitted with Blackburne and Villiers engines.
Glendale Motorcycles

February 3rd, 1959

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson died in a light plane which crashe near Clear Lake, Iowa. Buddy Holly had owned a 500cc Triumph TR5 Trophy in 1956.
The Day the Music Died

February 3rd, 2007

Three-time AMA Grand National Champion Bart Markel dies. From 1958 until he retired from racing in 1972, Bart Markel competed in more than 140 AMA Grand National Series races.
Bart Markel

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