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
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, actor, 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 Bill Lindsay, Big Fork, NHL left wing for the Florida Panthers
1971 Big Punisher, American Musician
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 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
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
1953 Tony Shalhoub, actor, Antonio Scarpacci-Wings, Big Night
1953 Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom
1953 Barry Sonnenfeld, director, When Harry Met Sally, Big, Misery
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
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 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
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, actr, 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
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 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, orch 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
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 Cin 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 VP 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/US 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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