** Charles " Buddy " Rogers, American silent film actor ( b. 1904 )

** A chartered plane transporting musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper and pilot Roger Peterson goes down in foggy conditions near Clear Lake, Iowa, killing all 4 occupants on board.

** Buddy Holly, American rock singer ( b. 1936 )

** Buddy Merrill, American musician, The Lawrence Welk Show

** Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer ( b. 1917 )

** Buddy Knox, American singer ( d. 1999 )

** Performed by Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen, June Knight, Nick Long Jr., and Eleanor Powell

** Performed by Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen, and Eleanor Powell ( dubbed by Marjorie Lane )

** Performed by Buddy Ebsen and Vilma Ebsen

** The Buddy Holly Story-Tex Rudloff, Joel Fein, Curly Thirlwell and Willie D. Burton

** Buddy Hackett ( as himself ) played Scrooge in the film-within-a-film.

** Buddy Holly's first recording sessions for Decca Records take place in Nashville, Tennessee

** Buddy Baker won the Daytona 500

** Buddy Jackson ( art director ) for Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys performed by Asleep at the Wheel

** Indianapolis 500 – won by Buddy Rice

** May 26 – Buddy Baker wins the World 600 in the # 6 Dodge

** Buddy Guy for Feels Like Rain

** Buddy Guy for Slippin ' In

** Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Dr. John, B. B.

** Buddy Jackson, Ray Benson & Sally Carns ( art directors ) for Ride With Bob performed by Asleep at the Wheel

** Buddy Guy for Damn Right, I've Got the Blues

** Buddy Guy for Blues Singer

** Buddy Guy for Living Proof

** Buddy Guy for Slippin ' In

** Guy of Anderlecht

** Jasmine Guy, American actress ( A Different World )

** Guy Mitchell, American singer ( b. 1927 )

** The Family Guy episode " Da Boom " is set on December 31, 1999.

** Guy Vanderhaeghe, Canadian author

** Guy Hovis, American singer

** Guy Ritchie, British film director

** Guy Fletcher, British keyboardist ( Dire Straits )

** Guy Nève, racing driver ( b. 1955 )

** George Gershwin's Lady Be Good and Fascinating Rhythm ( book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, lyrics by Ira Gershwin ) premiere in New York, NY.

** Guy Fawkes, English conspirator ( executed ) ( b. 1570 )

** Guy II, Count of Ponthieu ( b. c. 1120 )

** A Guy Named Joe-David Boehm, Chandler Sprague

** In France, Guy Gilpatric starts swim diving with waterproof goggles, derived from swimming goggles ( which were originally invented by Maurice Fernez in 1920 ).

** The Street-National Film Board of Canada-Caroline Leaf and Guy Glover

** The Panicky Guy: Elliot would pretend to be an audience member who panics and runs from the studio at the slightest threat of danger ( similar to doomed characters in disaster movies ).

** The Conspiracy Guy: Elliott would again pretend to be an audience member, this time asking Dave a question.

** The Guy Under the Seats: a short character-comedy bit by Elliott who emerges from a hatchway underneath the seats in the studio audience.

** The Fugitive Guy: Every so often, Letterman would introduce " Roger Campbell " ( Elliott, wearing an extremely bad toupée ), a new member of the Late Night crew.

** The Regulator Guy: A series of expensive-looking promos for a Terminator-like action character aired on " Late Night " over a period of several months, with Elliott playing the super-cool half-human, half-mechanical " Regulator Guy ," even speaking with a bad Schwarzenegger-esque accent.

** The New Regulator Guy: Shortly after " The Regulator Guy " was retired, Elliott came back with a re-tooled version called " The New Regulator Guy.