** Big Dipper ( Blackpool ), a wooden roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach

** Big Dipper ( Geauga Lake ), a wooden roller coaster currently Standing but not operating at Geauga Lake

** Big Dipper ( Luna Park Sydney ), a wooden roller coaster operating at Luna Park Sydney from 1935 until 1981

** Cyclone ( Dreamworld ), a steel roller coaster which operated as Big Dipper at Luna Park Sydney from 1995 to 2001

** Currently second all-time in Big Ten Conference victories with 848.

** in notation related to Big O notation to describe the asymptotic behavior of functions.

** In notation related to Big O notation, the asymptotically dominant nature of functions

** The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space ; the event is named the " WOW!

** Big L, American rapper ( b. 1974 )

** The so-called " Big Three " banks in Switzerland announced the creation of a $ 71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.

** English astronomer Fred Hoyle coins the term Big Bang

** The " Big Week " begins with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.

** A 14-meter high tsunami strikes Hilo and Laupāhoehoe on the Big Island of Hawaii ; 173 are killed, thousands injured.

** The Big 12 Conference is inaugurated with a football game between Kansas State University and Texas Tech University in Manhattan, Kansas.

** Big L, American rapper ( d. 1999 )

** Big Daddy Kane, American hip-hop artist

** The Big Thompson River in northern Colorado floods, destroying more than 400 cars and houses and killing 143 people.

** 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.

** The Big Bopper ( J. P. Richardson ), American rock singer ( b. 1930 )

** Big Daddy V, American professional wrestler

** Alyson Court, Canadian actress ( The Big Comfy Couch )

** The Big Bang in the London Stock Exchange abolishes fixed commission charges, paving the way for electronic trading.

** Shirley Crabtree (" Big Daddy "), British professional wrestler ( d. 1997 )

** For example: One specific person may be identified by all of the following identifiers: Jane Smith ; Jane Elizabeth Meredith Smith ; Jane E. M. Smith ; Jane E. Smith ; Janie Smith ; Janie ; Little Janie ( as opposed to her mother or sister or cousin, Big Janie ); Aunt Jane ; Auntie Janie ; Mom ; Grandmom ; Nana ; Kelly's mother ; Billy's grandmother ; Ms. Smith ; Dr. Smith ; Jane E. Smith, PhD ; and Fuzzy ( her jocular nickname at work ).

** Dzilmora ( lived in the Alamo Hueco, Little Hatchet and Big Hatchet Mountains in SW New Mexico, southeastern local group )

** In the former doge-state Venice, and while it was a republic resisting annexation by either the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia or the Austrian empire, a former Chief Executive ( president, 23 March 18485 July 1848 ), Daniele Manin ( b. 1804-d. 1857 ), was styled Dictator 11 – 13 August 1848 before joining the 13 August 1848-7 March 1849 Triumvirate.

** Section Chief

** 1976 – 1983 Chief

** Chief Justice of Vietnam

** Chief Ministers of Indian States

** Chief Justices of the Swiss Supreme Court

** Chief Justice of Fiji

** Chief Justice of Samoa

** Chief of Staff

** Office of the Chief Economist

** Shlomo Goren, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel ( d. 1994 )

** Donald Regan, American Treasury Secretary and White House Chief of Staff ( d. 2003 )

** Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Air Force

** Cedric Phatudi, Chief Minister of Lebowa bantustan ( d. 1987 )

** Wilma Mankiller, Chief of the Cherokee Nation ( d. 2010 )

** Post of Chief of the Air Force Staff created.

** Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice of the United States ( b. 1872 )

** Alfred Jodl, German Nazi Chief of the OKW ( b. 1890 )

** Paramount Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho ( b. 1938 )

** James Alexander George Smith " Jags " McCartney the Turks and Caicos Islands ’ first Chief Minister, is killed in a plane crash over New Jersey.

** Chief Tahachee ( actor ), American-born stage and film actor ( d. 1978 )

** Vietnam War: A Viet Cong officer named Nguyễn Văn Lém is executed by Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, a South Vietnamese National Police Chief.

** Frederick Hawksworth, GWR Chief mechanical engineer.

** Uma Bharati, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh

** Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Chief Rabbi of Ireland and of Israel ( b. 1888 )