Aug. 15, 1935 - Will Rogers , cowboy humorist, killed in plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska.

Jan. 16, 1942 - Carole Lombard, actress in such comedies as ``Nothing Sacred,'' killed in plane crash near Las Vegas while on a tour to sell war bonds.

Dec. 15, 1944 - Glenn Miller, trombonist and leader of a hugely popular dance band, killed when his plane disappears on flight from England to Paris while Miller was entertaining troops.

Mar. 22, 1958 - Michael Todd, Broadway and Hollywood producer (``Around the World in 80 Days'') and husband of Elizabeth Taylor, killed when his plane crashes into a mountaintop in New Mexico.

Feb. 3, 1959 - Buddy Holly, J.P. ``The Big Bopper'' Richardson and Ritchie Valens killed when chartered plane crashes near Mason City, Iowa, en route to a show.

Mar. 5, 1963 - Patsy Cline, whose country hits included ``Crazy'' and ``She's Got You,'' and fellow singers Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins killed in plane crash near Camden, Tenn.

July 31, 1964 - Jim Reeves, country balladeer with hits such as ``Four Walls'' and ``Welcome to My World,'' killed in crash of a small plane in Nashville, Tenn.

Dec. 10, 1967 - Otis Redding killed when plane crashes into a lake near Madison, Wis.

Aug. 31, 1969 - Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight boxing champion killed in crash near Newton, Iowa.

Sep. 20, 1973 - Jim Croce, known for hits such as ``Bad, Bad Leroy Brown,'' killed in plane crash near Natchitoches, La.

Oct. 21, 1977 - Ronnie Van Zant and Stevie Gaines of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band killed in plane crash in McComb, Miss.

Dec. 31, 1985 - Rick Nelson, ``Ozzie and Harriet'' TV star turned rock 'n' roller, killed when plane catches fire and crashes near DeKalb, Texas.

Aug. 27, 1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughan killed when a helicopter crashes into a hill in East Troy, Wis., after departing from a concert.

Oct. 12, 1997 - John Denver, 1970's superstar with hits like ``Take Me Home, Country Roads,'' killed in crash of his experimental plane off California coast.

Feb. 14, 2000 - Tony Bettenhausen, Jr., Bettenhausen, 48, and his wife Shirley, along with business partner Russ Roberts and another friend, were killed when their twin-engine plane crashed into a wooded area and burst into flames.

July 2, 1937 - Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean, disappeared near Howland Island in the central Pacific Ocean after her twin-engine Lockheed Electra completed t wo-thirds of a flight around the world.

Aug. 12, 1944 - Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., eldest son of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, was killed with his co-pilot when their explosives-laden Navy plane blew up over England.

Sep. 18, 1961 - Dag Hammarskjold, second secretary general of the United Nations, killed when his plane crashed in Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, on a U.N. peace mission to the Congo.

May 9, 1970 - Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers union and former head of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, killed when a chartered plane crashed in fog and rain near Pellston, Mich.

May 30, 1971 - Audie Murphy, World War II hero who became film actor, mostly in Westerns and war movies, killed in small plane crash in Carroll County, Va.

Oct. 16, 1972 - Hale Boggs, House Majority Leader, D-La., and Nick Begich, Rep. D-Alaska, killed when their plane disappears over Alaska.

Aug. 7, 1989 - Mickey Leland, Rep. D-TX, who chaired the House Select Committee on Hunger, killed when plane crashes during a trip to inspect relief efforts in Ethiopia.

Apr. 4, 1991 - John Heinz, Sen. R-Pa., killed when his plane collides with a helicopter over Merion, Pa.

Apr. 5, 1991 - John Tower, former Senator, and NASA astronaut Manley ``Sonny'' Carter Jr. among those killed in the crash of an Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight near Brunswick, Ga.

Apr. 3, 1996 - Ron Brown, Commerce Secretary, among 35 killed when Air Force passenger jet crashes in Croatia during a trade mission to the Balkans.

July 16, 1999 - John F. Kennedy, Jr. killed along with his wife and sister-in-law when the single-engine Piper Saratoga II plane he was piloting from New Jersey dropped from radar 16 1/2 miles from Martha's Vineyard Airport, Mass.

Oct. 18, 1925 - Marvin Goodwin, Cincinnati Reds pitcher, in Houston.

Mar. 31, 1931 - Knute Rockne, Notre Dame football coach killed when his plane flew into a storm and fell into a wheat field near Bazaar, Kan.

May 4, 1949 - 22 members of Torino, the Italian soccer champions, in Turin, Italy.

Oct. 27, 1949 - Marcel Cerdan, former world middleweight champion, en route to fight Jake LaMotta in Spain.

July 1, 1954 - John McBride, Alabama halfback, killed in ROTC training flight in Texas.

Oct. 30, 1954 - Wilbur Shaw, President of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Decatur, Ind.

Sep. 20, 1956 - Tom Gastall, Baltimore Oriole catcher, in Maryland.

Nov. 27, 1956 - Charlie Peete, St. Louis Cardinal outfielder, in Venezuela.

Feb. 6, 1958 - Eight members of the English soccer champion Manchester United, in Munich.

Aug. 14, 1958 - Six members of the Egyptian fencing team, in the Atlantic Ocean.

Oct. 30, 1958 - Philip Scrutton, British Walker Cup golfer.

Apr. 29, 1959 - Joaquin Blume, Spain's European gymnastics champion, in Madrid.

Oct. 10, 1960 - 16 members of the Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo football team, in Toledo, Ohio.

Feb. 16, 1961 - 18 members of the U.S. figure skating team, in Belgium.

Apr. 3, 1961 - Green Cross, a first-division Chilean soccer team, in the Las Lastimas Mountains.

Mar. 1, 1962 - Johnny Dieckman, world fly-casting champion, in Chicago.

Apr. 12, 1962 - Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver, in Melbourne.

Feb. 15, 1964 - Ken Hubbs, 22, Chicago Cub second baseman, in Utah.

July 24, 1966 - Tony Lema, 1964 British Open champion, in Munster, Ind.

Apr. 28, 1968 - Six members of the Lamar Tech track team, in Beaumont, Texas.

Sep. 26, 1969 - 25 members of Bolivian soccer team ``The Strongest'', in the Andes.

Oct. 2, 1970 - 14 Wichita State football players, in Colorado.

Nov. 14, 1970 - 37 Marshall University football players, in Huntington, W.Va.

Oct. 11, 1972 - 30 members of a Uruguayan rugby club, in Chile.

Dec. 31, 1972 - Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh Pirate outfielder, from San Juan, Puerto Rico en route to Nicaragua to aid earthquake victims.

June 24, 1975 - Wendell Ladner, New York Nets forward, in New York.

Dec. 13, 1977 - 14 University of Evansville basketball players and coach Bobby Watson in Evansville, Ind.

Aug. 2, 1979 - Thurman Munson, New York Yankees catcher, killed in crash of his private plane in Canton, Ohio.

Jan. 11, 1980 - Bo Rein, LSU football coach, in the Atlantic Ocean.

Mar. 14, 1980 - 14 members of the U.S. amateur boxing team in Warsaw, Poland.

Aug. 16, 1987 - Nick Vanos, Phoenix Suns center, in Romulus, Mich.

Dec. 8, 1987 - 17 players of the Alianza Peruvian first-division soccer team in Lima, Peru.

Sep. 30, 1988 - Al Holbert, six-time IMSA champion, near Columbus Ohio.

July 19, 1989 - Jay Ramsdell, CBA Commissioner, in Sioux City, Iowa.

Apr. 1, 1993 - Alan Kulwicki, NASCAR's 1992 champion, in Blountville, Tenn.

Apr. 28, 1993 - 18 players and five team officials of Zambia's national soccer team in Libreville, Gabon.

July 13, 1993 - Davey Allison, NASCAR driver, the day after a helicopter he was piloting crashed on the infield at Talladega Superspeedway in Birmingham, Ala.

Apr. 18, 1996 - Brook Berringer, Nebraska quarterback, two days before the NFL draft, when the small plane he was piloting crashed in Raymond, Neb.

May 11, 1996 - Rodney Culver, San Diego Chargers and former Notre Dame running back among those killed in the crash of a ValuJet DC9 into the Florida Everglades shortly after takeoff from Miami International Airport when fire broke out in its cargo hold.

Oct. 25, 1999 - Payne Stewart, former PGA champion, died when his Learjet flew out of control for hundreds of miles then crashed two miles west of Mina, S.D., killing all 6 aboard.