** 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 )

** Rock band

** Rock mass classifications

** Even Ha ' ezer: " The Rock of the Helpmate " marriage, divorce and other issues in family law.

** 2000 Best Hard Rock Performance for " Bawitdaba " ( Nominated )

** 2001 Best Hard Rock Performance for " American Bad Ass " ( Nominated )

** 2009 Best Rock Album for Rock n Roll Jesus ( Nominated )

** 2008, Favorite Male Pop / Rock Artist ( Nominated )

** 2003, Favorite Male Pop / Rock Artist: ( Winner )

** 2003, Favorite Pop / Rock Album: Cocky ( Nominated )

** 2001, Favorite Male Pop / Rock Artist: ( Winner )

** 2000, Favorite Pop / Rock New Artist: ( Nominated )

** 1999 Best Hard Rock Performance for " Bawitdaba " ( Winner )

** 1999 Best New Hard Rock Artist ( Winner )

** 2001, Best Rock Video: " Cowboy " ( Nominated )

** 2008 Worlds Best Pop / Rock Artist ( Winner )

** 2009 Best Rock Song for " All Summer Long " ( Winner )

** Milton, Wisconsin, a city in Rock County, surrounded by the town

** Rock Bush Quail, Perdicula argoondah

** " Mowgli's Song That He Sang at the Council Rock When He Danced on Shere Khan's Hide " ( poem )

** Rahman " Rock " Harper, American Personality, Restauranteur

** American Civil Rights Movement – Little Rock Crisis: Governor Orville Faubus of Arkansas calls out the US National Guard, to prevent African-American students from enrolling in Central High School in Little Rock.

** The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is also filmed on this date, but not released until 1996.

** In Los Angeles, Rock and blues singer Janis Joplin dies in her hotel room, from an overdose of heroin.