** 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

** 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 )

** English River First Nation ( English River First Nation is located at Patuanak, and signed under Chief William Apesis Treaty 10 in 1906, the name originates from the English River where the poplar house people (' Kés-ye-hot! ínne ') inhabited the area for periods during the year, formerly the reserve was known as Grassy Narrows reserve, most families, which now reside in Patuanak, had traditionally lived down river at Primeau Lake, Knee Lake and Dipper Lake, Reserves: Patuanak, Cree Lake 192G, Porter Island 192H, Elak Dase 192A, Knee Lake 192B, Dipper Rapids 192C, Wapachewunak 192D, LaPlonge 192, ca.

** Luna, South Korean singer and actress

** Luna H. Mitani, Japanese-American Surrealist painter

** The Soviet Union successfully launches the Luna 1 spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

** Luna 20 comes back to Earth with 55 grams ( 1. 94 oz ) of lunar soil.

** The Soviet Union launches Luna 10, which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.

** Luna 16 lands on the Moon and lifts off the next day with samples.

** The Soviet Union launches Luna 17.

** Luna program: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium ( Sea of Rains ) on the Moon.

** Diego Luna, Mexican actor

** La Luna – Pixar-Enrico Casarosa

** Conte di Luna, Il trovatore

** Luna 1958A

** Luna 1958B

** Luna 1958C

** Luna 1

** Luna 1959A

** Luna 2

** Luna 3

** Luna 1960A

** Luna 1960B

** Luna 1963B

** Luna 4