Birth of Ritchie Valens
Birth of Ritchie Valens, Richard Steven Valenzuela
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Ritchie Valens Biography and Timeline
Follow Ritchie Valens through 2 dated historical records for United States of America.
Ritchie Valens, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
2Distinct records
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1941–1959Years on this page
1941
1959
Death of Ritchie Valens
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) are killed when a plane Buddy Holly had chartered from Mason City, Iowa, to Fargo, North Dakota crashes in a corn field
Records, sources and methodology
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