The Day the Music Died

Ooops. I forgot to mention yesterday another significant event of March 31. So here it is, a day late, and I'll let another one of the entries from our "The Truthful History of the Conquest of Nuevo Aztlan" explain it all:

March 31, 1997 1995
Corpus Christi, Texas
Tejana singer Selena is gunned down at a Day's Inn motel. Mainstream media outlets from the BBC to the New York Times try to understand why sixty thousand mourners file past her casket in eleven hours. People magazine publishes a special issue devoted entirely to the life of the fallen singer. This had been done only twice before, after the deaths of Jackie Onassis and Audrey Hepburn. The Selena issue easily outsells them both combined. Soon after, the company launches People en Espanol A market is noticed.

And I'll end, via Perezhilton, with this way cool fan tribute video.

Comments

[katynka]

yes! I also saw this on perezhilton and i LOVE it!
She's really got the hand motions down.
I wish I shared my office with her. We'd spend hours trying to get rocio durcal's lisp just right in amor eterno.

it's good to see you blogging again.
i've been enjoying the "truthful history" entries.

[vmg]

are you **sure** it was 1997? i could have SWORN it was 1995. like, i would've bet my fuzzy virgen of guadalupe blanket on it!

[jmmy]

yes, vmg, you are indeed right. it was 1995. it is a typo. my only fear is that the blunder made it into the official timeline in the catalog! i will get to the bottom of this and he/she will pay.