The crash occurred a day after Duffy, the former congressman of Wisconsin's 7th District, was sworn into office on Tuesday. He was confirmed by the Senate as transportation secretary earlier the same ...

On Feb. 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash during a snowstorm. While the plane crashed in Iowa en route to North Dakota, Wisconsin played a big part in ...