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1997 Notorius B I G, [Biggie Small, Chris Walkin], rapper, shot dead at 24

1995 James Herriot, Scot author (All Creatures Great and Small), dies at 78

1993 Willy C of Hemert, director/(text)poet (Small Truth), dies at 81

1992 "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 48 performances

1992 "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 48 performances

1991 Steve Marriott, English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at 44

1990 Dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies

1986 Doctors at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon

1981 Doug Small (Winnipeg Jets) ties NHL record scoring at 5 second mark

1979 K-Mart pulls Steve Martin's "Let's Get Small" for being in "bad taste"

1977 Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when mgr Earl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound)

1975 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays

1975 Marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84

1972 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays

1972 Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings," premieres in New York City

1971 Armand Spitz, developer of small educational planetarium, dies

1970 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study X-rays

1970 Torrance Small, NFL wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints

1969 Rod Stewart joins Small Faces

1966 Mike Small, born in Aurora Illinois, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Emerald Coast

1964 Milton Small, cricket pace bowler, WI vs. Australia 1984

1961 Gladstone Small, cricketer, in Barbados England quickie with no neck

1959 Tamar Baruch, actress, Small Truth, Q and Q

1956 Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72

1955 Steve Small, cricketer, stalwart NSW opening batsman

1954 Steve Wariner, Noblesville Indiana, country singer, Small Town Girl

1953 Hal Ketchum, born in Greenwich, New York, country singer, Small Town Saturday Night

1949 "Small Wonder" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 134 performances

1948 Kenny Jones, London, rock drummer/vocalist, Small Faces

1948 "Small Wonder" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 134 performances

1948 Carole Drinkwater, actress, Father, All Creatures Great and Small

1947 Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400

1946 Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, born in London, rock bassist, Small Faces-Hey Girl

1945 Willeke Alberti, [Verbruggen], Dutch vocalist/actress, Small Truth

1944 Mussert puts Seyss-Inquart plan for small Nazi-Europe

1944 Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Fr pilot/writer (Small Prince), dies at 44

1943 Derek Small, rocker, Spinal Tap

1942 Margaret L Thompson Murdock, U.S., small bore rifle, Olympic-silver-76

1940 Christopher Timothy, English actor, All Creatures Great and Small

1936 Marge Piercy, author, Small Changes, Gone for Soldiers

1927 Dick Noel, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV host, It's a Small Wonder

1923 Louis M A Couperus, poet and writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60

1920 New Canadian small cent coin is released

1919 Manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], Dutch folk vocalist, Small Yodel Boy

1919 Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages

1916 James Herriot, born in Scotland, writer, All Creatures Great and Small

1913 Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court

1912 Edmund George Love, U.S., teacher/historian/author, A Small Bequest, =

1906 [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55

1890 Marie Lohr, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Pygmalion, Small Hotel

1883 Tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44

1881 Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12

1875 Annette Kolb, German/French author, Small Fanfare

1869 Concord pipe, made from small corn kernels, invented

1864 Louis Van Deyssel, writer, Small Republic, One Love

1861 Battle of Hoke's Run, West Virginia - small Union victory

1860 Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft. Sumter

1852 Teunis Stoel, actor and director, Small Theater, Rotterdam

1839 Joaquim M Machado de Assic, Brazil, writer, Epitaph of a small winner

1787 Mozart completes his "Eine small Nachtmusik"

1775 Margaretha J de Neufville, author, Small Pligten

1737 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India)



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