The Day the Music Died: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash. Also, a US Marines jet slices down a cable car in Italy, Lufthansa launches the first regular transatlantic...
Delta Air Lines introduces their newly acquired (via their merger with Northwest) Airbus A330 aircraft on June 1st, serving Athens, Greece (ATH) and Venice, Italy (VCE) from JFK.
The crash of a Sabena 707 kills the entire U.S. Figure Skating Team in Brussels, United Airlines temporarily grounds its 757 fleet, six B-17s begin a goodwill tour of South America, and more...