2004 Death Katharina Dalton, doctor/writer, coined the phrase pre-menstrual syndrome, PMS, dies at 88 2001 Death Sir Fred Hoyle, "astronomer, science fiction writer", ", coined the term ""big bang"", ", dies at 86 2000 Death Robert Trout, radio Methuselah, ", coined the term ""fireside chat"" to describe FDR's informal speeches, ", dies at 91 1998 Death Dick Higgins, composer, coined term 'intermedia', founder, Something Else Press, dies of a heart attack in Quebec, Canada 1994 Death Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81 1963 Event "Beatlemania" is coined after Beatles appear at Palladium 1938 Birthday Dick Higgins, born in Cambridge, England, composer, coined term 'intermedia', founder, Something Else Press 1911 Birthday John Archibald Wheeler, born in Florida, American theoretical physicist, coined terms black hole, wormhole 1908 Birthday Kingsley Davis, sociologist/demographer, coined, population explosion 1907 Birthday Alan Strode Campbell Ross, professor, coined the terms U and non-U 1890 Birthday Karel Capek, Czechoslovakia, writer, R U R, ; coined the word "robot" 1308 Death Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher (coined the word dunce), dies at 42
