Home - Events - Birthdays - Deaths - Years - History Feeds

Big Events in History



2013 Event - An NBA league committee recommends NBA owners reject the big from a group led by Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer to purchase the Sacramento Kings and move them to Seattle

2012 Event - Light from the first stars in the universe is detected by astronomers studying high-energy radiation data; the data suggests these stars existed as early as 500 million years after the 'big bang'

2012 Event - The 52-foot iconic statue known as Big Tex, is destroyed by fire during the final days of the 2012 State Fair of Texas

2012 Event - A study describing the Big Bang, published in 'Physical Review', suggests it is actually a phase change ruled by event symmetry, a theory which best supports how spacetime could originate from original matter

2012 Event - A U.S. gene sequencing company, Illumina, adopts a poison pill strategy, fighting against a hostile big by Roche Holding

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

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

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

1998 Event - JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

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

1997 Event - Michele Redman wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Classic

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

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

1996 Event - Caroline Pierce wins JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

1996 Event - Caroline Pierce wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

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

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

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

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

1995 Event - Tracy Kerdyk wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

1995 Death - 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 Event - Beth Daniel wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

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

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

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

1993 Event - Hiromi Kobayash wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

1992 Event - Juli Inkster wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

1992 Event - 6.6 earthquake in Big Bear Valley of Los Angeles

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

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

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

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

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

1991 Event - Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

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

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

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

1991 Event - Big East Football conference forms

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

1990 Event - Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic

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

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

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

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

1988 Event - "Big," premieres in U.S.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1986 Birthday - Amanda Bynes, born in Thousand Oaks, California, singer, actor, former cast member on Nickelodeon's 'Figure It Out' and 'All That', films include, 'Big Fat Liar', 'Hairspray'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1975 Birthday - Tara Reid, born in Wyckoff, New Jersey, actress, appeared in films, 'American Pie', 'Urban Legend', 'The Big Lebowski', 'Josie and the Pussycats'

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

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

1974 Event - Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated

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

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

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

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

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

1971 Birthday - Gail Porter, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, television presenter, known for program 'The Big Breakfast' and 'Top of the Pops', modeled for 'FHM' magazine

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

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

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

1968 Birthday - Billy Crudup, born in Manhattan, New York, actor, appeared in film, 'Dedication', 'Watchmen', 'Public Enemies', 'Almost Famous', 'Big Fish'

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

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

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

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

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

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

1966 Birthday - Ronna Reeves, born in Big Spring, Texas, female country music singer, albums titled, 'Only the Heart', 'The More I Learn', 'What Comes Naturally'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1962 Birthday - Nia Vardalos, born in Winnipeg, Canada, actress, screenwriter, producer, appeared in film 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' television show

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1960 Birthday - Eric Martin, born in Long Island, New York, singer, hard rock genre, played with Mr. Big, rock band that produced hit song, 'To Be With You'

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

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

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

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

1959 Birthday - Don Letts, rocker, Big Audio Dynamite

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

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

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

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

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

1957 Birthday - Mark Brzezicki, rock drummer, Big Country-Wonderland

1957 Birthday - 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 Death - Tommy Dorsey, big bandleader, dies at 51

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

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

1956 Birthday - Jay McInerney, writer, Bright Lights, Big City

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

1955 Birthday - Jay McInerney, author, Bright Lights, Big City

1954 Birthday - Christopher Noth, born in Madison, Wisconsin, actor, played Mr. Big on show, 'Sex in the City'

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

1954 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Tony Shalhoub, actor, Antonio Scarpacci-Wings, Big Night

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

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

1952 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Jody Stephens, rock drummer, Big Star

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

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

1951 Birthday - Daniel Gerroll, London, actor, Big Business

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1948 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Kevin Kline, St. Louis, actor, Sophie's Choice, Big Chill

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

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

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

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

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

1946 Birthday - 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 Event - Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1943 Birthday - Jean Knight, vocalist, Mr Big Stuff

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1939 Event - Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship

1939 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Oliver Reed, born in London, England, actor, Big Sleep

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1932 Birthday - Brian Moore, British commentator, Big Match

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1928 Birthday - Big Jay McNeely, rocker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1924 Birthday - Margaret Whiting, big band singer

1923 Event - BBC begins using Big Ben chime ID

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

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

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

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

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

1920 Event - Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1901 Birthday - Bernard von Brentano, German writer, Big Cats

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

1900 Birthday - Robert Harris, actor, Big Caper, Laughing Anne

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1872 Event - Kiowa-chief Lone Wolf captures Satanta and Big Tree

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

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

1864 Event - Battle of Big Shanty, Georgia

1864 Event - Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi

1863 Event - Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi

1862 Event - Battle of Big Hatchie River, MS

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

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

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

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

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













Add History to your Site or Blog
You can add our Today in History or Today's Birthdays scripts to your site. The script has fresh, new content each day, and requires no work on your part. Get started

BrainyHistory on FaceBook
Get the birthdays of the day from BrainyHistory on FaceBook and Twitter



BrainyHistoryBrainyHistory

Social
BrainyHistory on FaceBook
BrainyHistory on Twitter
Site
Home
Events
Birthdays
Deaths
Years
History Feeds
About Us
Inquire
Privacy
Terms
Copyright © 2001 - 2013 BrainyHistory