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2004 Larry Brown, writer, Big Bad Love, dies at 53

2001 Victor Wong, actor/newscaster, Big Trouble in Little China, dies at 74

2001 Sir Fred Hoyle, "astronomer, science fiction writer", ", coined the term ""big bang"", ", dies at 86

1998 JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

1997 Sam Fuller, director/writer (Big Red One), dies at 86

1997 Michele Redman wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Classic

1997 Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes

1996 "Big," closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 193 performances

1996 Caroline Pierce wins JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

1996 Caroline Pierce wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

1996 Vito Scotti, actor (Nude Bomb, Get Shorty, Big Bus), dies at 78

1996 "Big," opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 193 performances

1995 Kathleen Harrison, actress (Fast Lady, Big Money), dies at 103

1995 Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher, dies at 106

1995 Tracy Kerdyk wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

1995 Chris Pyne, Norman Christopher Chris Pyne, musician, trombonist, played with Humphrey Lyttelton, recorded with Ronnie Scott, toured with Frank Sinatra's backing bands, Gordon Beck, Charlie Watt's big band, dies at 56

1994 Beth Daniel wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

1994 John Preston, U.S. writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48

1993 Jane Nigh, actress (Big Town, Blue Blood, Rawhide), dies at about 67

1993 Christian Nyby, U.S. director (Big Sleep, Thing), dies at 80

1993 Hiromi Kobayash wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

1992 Juli Inkster wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

1992 6.6 earthquake in Big Bear Valley of Los Angeles

1992 Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, mobster (St. Valentines Day), dies at 86

1992 Anthony "Tony" Papa, big band leader, dies at 65

1992 Bill Walker, actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 95

1991 Joe Pasternak, producer (Spinout, Big City), dies of Parkinson's at 73

1991 Wilson Alvarez hurls a no-hitter in his 1st big league start

1991 Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

1991 James McCallion, actor (PT 109, Big Combo), dies at 72

1991 "Big Love" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 41 performances

1991 "Big Love" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 41 performances

1991 Big East Football conference forms

1991 Glenn Langan, actor (Big Chase, Jungle Heat, Rapture), dies at 73

1990 Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

1990 Jean Wallace, Walasek, actress (Big Combo), dies of hemorrhage at 66

1990 Barbara Stanwyck, Ruby Stevens, actress (Big Valley), dies at 82

1990 Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229)

1989 Big John Studd wins WWF's 1st Royal Rumble

1988 "Big," premieres in U.S.

1987 "Big River" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 1005 performances

1987 Richard Egan, actor (Big Cube, Amsterdam Kill), dies at 63

1987 "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," released in France

1987 Charles Ludlam, actor (Big Easy), dies at 44

1986 Donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76

1986 "Big Deal" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 70 performances

1986 Fred Markham (U.S.), unpaced and unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat, California

1986 "Big Deal" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 70 performances

1985 Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88

1985 39th Tony Awards: Biloxi Blues and Big River win

1985 "Big River" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 1005 performances

1985 Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in New York City

1984 Alexander Calder's "Big Crinkly" sells for $852,000

1982 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record)

1981 Deborah Baltzell, actress (Karen-I'm a Big Girl Now), dies at 25

1981 Chief Dan George, actor (Harry and Tonto, Little Big Man), dies at 82

1981 Vera-Ellen, actress (Big Leaguer, On the Town), dies of cancer at 55

1981 Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies

1979 Arthur Hunnicutt, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising), dies at 68

1979 Philip Bourneuf, actor (Big Night, Frankenstein), dies at 71

1978 Chris Bell, rock guitarist (Big Star), dies at 27 in car crash

1978 Jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line, Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79

1976 Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies

1976 Big win for WI at The Oval Michael Holding 14-149 for match

1976 Flash flood in Big Thompson Canyon Colorado on Route 34, kills 139

1975 Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66

1974 David Moscow, born in New York City, New York, actor, played role of young Josh in film 'Big'

1974 Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated

1974 Jared Rushton, actor in Big, Honey I Shrank the Kids

1973 Patrick McVey, actor (Manhunt, Big Town), dies at 63

1972 John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79

1971 Big Punisher, also known as Big Pun and Christopher Rios, American Musician

1971 Bill Lindsay, Big Fork, NHL left wing for the Florida Panthers

1970 Tina Paternostro, born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, golfer, 1995 JAL Big Apple-57th

1969 Danielle Brisebois, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Archie's Place, Big Bad Mama 2

1968 Janis Joplin announces she's leaving "Big Brother and Holding Co"

1968 Frank Thomas, "Big Hurt", 1st baseman, Chicago White Sox, 1993 MVP

1968 Deborah Caprioglio, Miestre, Italy, actress, Big Game Hunter

1968 Jo Angel, cricketer, big WA right-arm fast bowler, Australia 1993-

1968 John Ridgely, actor (Air Force, Possessed, Big Sleep), dies at 58

1967 Don Alvarado, actor (Morning Glory, Big Steal), dies at 62

1966 Claire McDowell, actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88

1966 Ronna Reeves, Big Spring TX

1966 Georges Lemaatre, originator of "big bang" theory, dies at 71

1966 Doug McKeon, born in New Jersey, actor, Big Shamus Little Shamus, Centennial

1966 Matthew Maynard, cricketer, big hitting Glamorgan and England player

1966 Tracy Kerdyk, born in Coral Gables, Florida, LPGA golfer, 1995 JAL Big Apple

1965 Big Bang theory of creation of universe is supported by announcement of discovery of new celestial bodies know as blue galaxies

1965 Alan Freed, DJ (Big Beat), dies at 42

1965 Lindsay H Burns, Big Timber Mont, rower, 1996 Olympics silver

1964 Bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats), dies at 63

1963 1st U.S. TV appearance of Beatles (Big Night Out-ABC)

1963 Caroline Pierce, Cheshire Eng, golfer, 1995 JAL Big Apple Classic-2nd

1963 Laurel Kean, born in Portland, ME, LPGA golfer, 1994 JAL Big Apple-17th

1963 Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53

1963 Hiromi Kobayashi, Fukushima Japan, LPGA golfer, 1993 JAL Big Apple

1962 Dan Donovan, born in Britain, rocker, musician, member of Big Audio Dynamite, founding member of Dreadzone, toured with The Sisters of Mercy in 1990

1962 Suzee Pai, born in Toledo, Ohio, actress, Big Trouble in Little China

1962 Paul LaGreca, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Big Trouble

1962 Guinn Williams, actor (Big Boy-Circus Boy), dies of poisoning at 63

1962 Lydia Cheng, New York City, Ms Big Apple bodybuilder, 1982, Pumping Iron 2

1962 Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies

1961 Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record

1961 Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller

1961 Bruce Watson, born in Ontario, Canada, rock guitarist, Big Country-Wonderland

1961 Henry Rollins, U.S. vocalist/poet, Big Ugly Mouth, Talking From the Box

1960 Elizabeth Perkins, Queens, New York, actress, About Last Night, Big

1960 Eric Martin, rocker, Mr Big

1960 Nancy Giles, born in New York City, actress, Connie-Delta, Off Beat, Big, Angie

1960 Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as U.S.S.R. levels spy charges against US

1960 Meg Tilly, Margaret, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Big Chill, Impulse

1959 Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28

1959 Don Letts, rocker, Big Audio Dynamite

1958 William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy, U.S. blues singer and guitarist, dies at 65

1958 Big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65

1958 Stuart Adamson, rock vocalist and guitarist, Big Country-Wonderland

1958 William Stuart Adamson, born in Manchester, rock guitarist, Big Country

1957 Marc Duret, actor, Dobermann, Hatred, Big Blue

1957 Mark Brzezicki, rock drummer, Big Country-Wonderland

1957 Ian Stanley, born in High Wycombe, England, Ian Christopher Stanley, keyboardist, musician, songwriter, record producer, member of Tears for Fears band, made multi-platinum selling album 'Songs from the Big Chair'

1956 Tommy Dorsey, big bandleader, dies at 51

1956 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack

1956 KWAB TV channel 4 in Big Spring, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting

1956 Jay McInerney, writer, Bright Lights, Big City

1955 Ellen Barkin, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Big Easy, Sea of Love

1955 Jay McInerney, author, Bright Lights, Big City

1954 Dennis Quaid, born in Houston, Texas, actor, Big Easy, Dreamscape, Right Stuff

1954 Chris Hughes, born in London, England, drummer, musician, record producer, played drums for Dalek I Love You, The Blitz Brothers, member, Adam and the Ants, produced Tears for Fears, The Hurting, Songs from the Big Chair, co-produced Peter Gabriel's 'Red Rain'

1953 Tony Shalhoub, actor, Antonio Scarpacci-Wings, Big Night

1953 Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom

1953 Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999

1953 Barry Sonnenfeld, director, When Harry Met Sally, Big, Misery

1952 Joel Garner, born in Christ Church, Barbados, right-handed, fast bowler, nicknamed 'Big Bird', West Indian cricketer, played 1979 Cricket World Cup, 1983 Cricket World Cup

1952 Jody Stephens, rock drummer, Big Star

1952 Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens, New York, actor, Pee-wee's Big Adventure

1952 34th PGA Championship: Jim Turnesa at Big Spring CC Louisville

1952 Isabella Rossellini, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Big Night, Blue Velvet

1951 Daniel Gerroll, London, actor, Big Business

1951 Robert Joy, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Big Shots, Suicide Club

1951 Richard B. Shull, U.S. actor, Hail to the Chief, Big Bus

1951 Andy Hummell, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock bassist, Big Star

1951 Chris Bell, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock guitarist, Big Star

1950 Tom Berenger, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Big Chill, Someone to Watch Over Me

1950 William Hurt, born in Washington D.C., actor, Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God

1949 Pam Grier, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, actress, Big Bird Cage, Tough Enough

1948 Frank Cellier, actor (Spider, Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade), dies at 64

1948 Rosita Marstini, actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big Parade), dies at 54

1948 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow

1948 Billy Zoom, born in Savanna, Illinois, musician, guitarist, founder of punk rock band X, Guitar Player named him greatest guitar player of all time in 2007, worked with Gene Vincent, rockabilly legend, as well as Etta James, Big Joe Turner

1947 Kevin Kline, St. Louis, actor, Sophie's Choice, Big Chill

1947 Betty Buckley, born in Big Springs, Texas, actress, Abby-8 is Enough, 1776, Cats

1947 Dave Barry, born in Armonk, New York, humorist, author, Pulitzer-prize winner for Commentary 1988, wrote columns for the Miami Herald, books include 'Big Trouble', 'Dave Barry Turns 40', Dave Barry's Greatest Hits', 'Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys', style capitalizes on absurdities

1947 Lee Purcell, born in Cherry Point, North Carolina, actor, Big Wednesday, Mr. Majestyk

1947 Glenn Close, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction

1947 Tony Butler, rock bassist, Big Country-It's a Big Country, Wonderland

1946 Diana Quick, born in London, England, actress, Brideshead, Big Sleep, Odd Job

1946 David Liebman, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, rocker, saxaphonist, flautist, worked with Steve Swallow, Pete La Roca, played with Elvin Jones, Miles Davis's group, appeared on 'Big Fun' album, among others

1945 Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s)

1944 Sally Kirkland, New York City, actress, Anna, Sting, Pvt Benjamin, Big Bad Mama

1944 Sam Elliott, Sacramento California, actor, Big Chill, Fatal Beauty

1944 Peter Albin, born in San Francisco, California, rocker, Big Brother and Holding Co

1944 John Heard, actor, Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big

1944 John Milius, writer, Red Dawn, 1941, Big Wednesday

1944 Stockard Channing, born in New York City, actress, Grease, Big Bus, Without a Trace

1943 Hobart Bosworth, actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade), dies at 76

1943 Jean Knight, U.S. singer, Mr Big Stuff

1943 Spencer Charters, actor (Big Town Girl, St. Louis Kid), dies at 68

1943 Charles Ludlam, New York City, playwright/actor, Big Easy

1943 Jean Knight, vocalist, Mr Big Stuff

1942 Linda Evans, Hartford, actress, Dynasty, Big Valley, Beach Blanket Bingo

1941 Sarah Miles, born in Essex, England, actress, Ryan's Hope, Big Sleep, Venom

1941 Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and Holding Company-Cheap Thrills

1941 Jim McBride, born in New York City, director/actor, Hot Times, Breathless, Big Easy

1941 Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and The Holding Co

1940 Susan Sennett, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Big Bad Mama

1940 Erapalli Prasanna, cricketer, one of India's big four spinners

1939 Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship

1939 Chris Pyne, born in Bridlington, England, Norman Christopher Chris Pyne, musician, trombonist, played with Humphrey Lyttelton, recorded with Ronnie Scott, toured with Frank Sinatra's backing bands, Gordon Beck, Charlie Watt's big band

1938 Oliver Reed, born in London, England, actor, Big Sleep

1937 Dave Gavitt, formed Basketball's Big East Conference, 1979

1935 Michael Winner, producer/director, Big Sleep, Death Wish

1933 Kathryn Grant Crosby, Houston Texas, actress, Mr Cory, Big Circus

1933 Renee Adoree, actress (Big Parade), dies at 35

1933 Tom Skerritt, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama

1933 Elliot Kastner, New York City, producer, Bobo, Big Sleep, Ffolkes

1932 Richard Mulligan, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Soap, Empty's Nest, Big Bus

1932 "Big Ed" Morris, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies

1932 Brian Moore, British commentator, Big Match

1931 Tyrone Power Sr, actor (Big Trial, Test of Donald Norton), dies at 62

1931 A J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4

1931 Bill Gilbert, born in Washington D.C., sports author, They Also Served, Big E

1930 Big Bopper, JP Richardson, Sabine Pass, Texas, vocalist, Chantiily Lace

1930 Lon Chaney, actor (Thunder, Big City, Unholy 3), dies at 47

1929 Johnny Ace, born in Memphis, Tennessee, born John Marshall Alexander, Jr., singer, member of the B.B. King band, signed to Duke Records, toured with Willa Mae "Big Mama" Thornton

1929 Peter Breck, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji

1928 Felix Rohatyn, Vienna Austria, investment banker, New York Big MAC Bonds

1928 Big Jay McNeely, rocker

1927 Mort Sahl, Montreal, comedian/political satirist/beatnik, Big Party

1926 Patrice Wymore, Miltonville, Kansas, actress, The Big Tree

1926 Big Mama Thornton, blues singer, Ball and Chain, Stronger than Dirt

1926 Beah Richards, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, actress/playwright, Big Shot, Generation

1925 Jimmy Reed, born in Mississippi, blues singer, Soulin', Big Boss Man

1925 Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big"

1925 Cornell Borchers, born in Germany, actress, Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul

1925 Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in New York City

1924 Thomas Berger, U.S., novelist, Vital Parts, Little Big Man

1924 Nick Perito, born in Denver, Colorado, orchestra leader, Don Knotts Show, Big Show

1924 Margaret Whiting, big band singer

1923 BBC begins using Big Ben chime ID

1923 Harold Gould, Schenectady, New York, actor, He and She, Martin-Rhoda, Big Bus

1922 Ted McDonald takes 8-58 in big Victorian win over NSW

1921 Sheila Ryan, born in Kansas, actress, Big Fix, Mule Train, Ringside, Caged Fury

1921 "Big Jim" Colisimo, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone

1921 John Doucette, Brockton Massachusetts, actor, Lock Up, Big Town

1920 Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio

1919 Anita O'Day, Chicago, big band jazz singer, Gene Krupa, Stan Kanton

1917 1st Infantry division "Big Red One" shoots 1st U.S. shot in WW I

1917 Joe Pasternak, Transylvania Hungary, producer, Spinout, Big City

1916 Glenn Ford, Quebec, Canada, actor, Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway

1915 Mark Stevens, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Big Town, Martin Kane

1915 John Dehner, Forkum, Staten Is, New York, actor, Big Hawaii, Bare Essence

1915 Harry Hickox, Big Springs, Texas, Herb-Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1914 Fayard Nicholas, U.S., actor, Big Broadcast of 1936

1913 J. J. Pickle, born in Big Spring, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1963 - 1995

1912 Dave O'Brien, Big Springs, Texas, actor, Kiss Me Kate, 1st Aid

1911 Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor, Big Sky, Apache Uprising

1910 Howlin' Wolf, Chester Arthur Burnett, harmonica, Big City Blues

1910 Sharon Lynn, born in Weatherford, Texas, actress, Way Out West, Big Broadcast

1910 Luise Rainer, Austria, actress, Escapade, Good Earth, Big City

1909 Marguerite Churchill, actress, Dracula's Daughter, Big Trail

1908 Alan Baxter, East born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Big Town Girl, Rags to Riches

1908 John Mills, England, actor, Big Sleep, King Rat, War and Peace

1908 Ben Grauer, New York City, newscaster, Big Story

1907 Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Foot Ball

1907 Barbara Stanwyck, born in Brooklyn, actress, Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds

1907 Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 6-0

1907 Sheldon Leonard, New York City, actor and director, Danny Thomas Show, Big Eddie

1906 Bob Steele, Pendleton Oregon, actor, Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep

1905 Dore Schary, producer/writer/director, Act 1, Boys Town, Big City

1905 Leila Hyams, New York City, actress, Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap

1903 Clyde Beatty, U.S. animal trainer/actor, Big Cage

1902 Arthur Wellard, cricketer, big hitting Somerset and England batsman

1901 Bernard von Brentano, German writer, Big Cats

1901 Vice President Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly and carry a big stick"

1900 Robert Harris, actor, Big Caper, Laughing Anne

1899 Chief Dan George, actor, Little Big Man

1899 Chief Dan George, actor, Harry and Tonto, Little Big Man. Smith!

1899 Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Texas, actor, Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail

1897 Betty Compson, actress, Big City, Docks Of New York

1896 Western Conference forms of Midwestern U, later renamed Big 10 Conf

1896 John dos Passos, novelist, 1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel

1893 "Big Bill" Broonzy, born in Mississippi, blues singer/guitarist, Blues by Broonzy

1892 Kathleen Harrison, actress, Fast Lady, Big Money, West 11

1891 Victor Varconi, born in Hungary, actor, Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City

1890 Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee

1890 Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US

1889 Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher

1888 Henry Armetta, Italian/U.S. actor, Bell for Adano, Big Store

1885 Canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear

1884 Frank Cellier, Surbiton England, actor, Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade

1882 Guy Kibbee, born in El Paso, Texas, actor, Big Shot

1879 Big Snake, brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear, dies

1879 Warwick Armstrong, cricketer, Big Ship Great Aussie skipper 1920-21

1877 Claire McDowell, New York City, actress, Big Parade

1877 Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians

1876 Custer and 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne at Little Big Horn

1872 Kiowa-chief Lone Wolf captures Satanta and Big Tree

1871 Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins

1867 Hobart Bosworth, born in Marietta, Ohio, actor, Woman of Affairs, Big Parade

1864 Battle of Big Shanty, Georgia

1864 Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi

1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi

1862 Battle of Big Hatchie River, MS

1862 Skirmish at Big Hill, Kentucky (2 Federal regiments)

1862 Battle of Big Sandy River, Kentucky (Middle Creek)

1861 Battle of Big Bethel Virginia (Bethel Church, Great Bethal)-Union retreats

1839 2 day storm off Irish and English coast immortalized as "Big Wind"

1773 Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party)


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