Cape Cod was named in 1602 by the English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold, who noted the high numbers of codfish in the coastal waters. Keep learning on MSN Encarta.
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On this day in 1959, Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie Valens (who had a number-one hit on the charts) and the Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson), perished in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. What else happened?
