** 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.

** 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 )

** J. V.

** J. Vahlen, " Der Rhetor Alkidamas ", Sitzungsberichte der wiener Akademie, Phil .- Hist.

** J An APL variant in which tacit definition provides some of the benefits of compiling

** Emotivism, defended by A. J.

** Shapiro, J.

** B. J. and the Bear ( 1978 – 1981 )

** A. J. Burnett, American baseball player

** Three high school friends in Hoboken, N. J., open the first BLIMPIE on Washington Street.

** Robert J. Flaherty, American filmmaker ( b. 1884 )

** J. Edward Bromberg, Hungarian-born character actor ( b. 1903 )

** J. Karjalainen, Finnish rock musician

** James J. Eagan, former Mayor of Florissant, Missouri ( d. 2000 )

** J. Jayalalithaa, Indian politician

** J. Walter Kennedy, former NBA commissioner ( d. 1977 )

** Edward J. Smith, English ship's captain ( b. 1850 ).

** Benedict J. Semmes, Jr., American admiral ( d. 1994 )

** J. P. Morgan buys mines and steel mills in the United States, marking the first billion dollar business deal.

** James J. Dillon, American professional wrestling manager

** Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

** Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

** Stephen J. Cannell, American director and producer ( d. 2010 )

** Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral and Medal of Honor recipient ( b. 1890 )

** A then-record number of viewers ( for an entertainment program ) tune into the U. S. TV soap opera Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing.

** J. T. Walsh, American actor ( b. 1943 )

** Louis J. Gasnier, French film director ( b. 1875 )