** 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

** 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 )

** Jill Long Thompson ( D ), 39 %

** Subvolcanic feeder subtype, typified by Noril ' sk-Talnakh and the Thompson Belt, Canada

** Lee Thompson Young, American actor

** Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician ( d. 1999 )

** John Thompson, American basketball coach

** Lea Thompson, American actress

** Emma Thompson, English actress

** 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.

** Hunter S. Thompson, American author and journalist ( d. 2005 )

** Sophie Thompson, English actress

** Jenny Thompson, American swimmer

** Kenan Thompson, American actor ( Saturday Night Live )

** Walter H. Thompson, English Scotland Yard detective ( b. 1890 )

** Edith Thompson, British murderer ( hanged ) ( b. 1893 )

** Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor ( b. 1753 )

** Thompson Center Arms

** Mary Clark Thompson Medal

** Dear Rosie -- Peter Cattaneo, Barnaby Thompson

** Evan Thompson

** Evan Thompson, coauthor.

** Cape Thompson

** Thompson Common

** Nipomo High School ( 9th-12th ) 525 N. Thompson Road, Nipomo.

** Arlick Thompson ( engineer ), Stephen Marley ( producer ) & Damian Marley for Halfway Tree