1908 - David Lean

Yelena Fadeyeva (86), Filmschaffende/R, geboren
Leon Bijou (I), Filmschaffende/R, geboren (86), Filmschaffende/R, geboren
Norman Borlaug, Agrarwissenschaftler (USA), Friedensnobelpreis 1970, geboren
Mit der Züchtung ertragreicher Getreidesorten schuf Borlaug Voraussetzungen für ein Konzept, das die Versorgung in den Entwicklungsländern mit neuen Sorten und modernen Anbaumethoden sicherstellen soll (sog. grüne Revolution).
Frédéric Mistral (83), Filmschaffende/R, gestorben

Jackie Condon (82), Filmschaffende/R, geboren
Victor Vicas (82), Filmschaffende/R, geboren
Claude Debussy, Komponist (F), gestorben
Claude Debussy (55), Filmschaffende/R, gestorben

Cosell agreed when others described him as arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a show-off. And still others said he forgot to include “irritating, generous, funny, paranoid, charming, egomaniacal and insecure.” 

A New York attorney, Cosell ventured into the world of network sports journalism through his association with WABC radio and TV in New York in the 1950’s and early 1960s. He was featured as the boxing announcer for ABC Sports and, under Roone Arledge, filled various sports positions on Wide World of Sports -- from horse racing to Olympic competition. Cosell would, in a stentorian and often difficult to understand syntax, make use of his abundant vocabulary that contained big, big words that sent sports fans scurrying for their dictionaries. 

Always outspoken and frequently controversial, Cosell would Tell It like It Is, the title of one of his best selling books on the subject of sports and broadcasting. It was Cosell who would be the first to claim that Cassius Clay (Muhammed Ali), would be a media star; and he championed Ali’s fight against the draft. His association with the boxer put him in front of Congressional committees and made him a regular guest lecturer in college classrooms. 

Cosell later quit broadcasting boxing matches and openly expressed a loathing for that sport, and for football, as well. Humble Howard was also host of a weekly program (not a sports program) for ABC Contemporary Radio -- interviews and commentary titled, Speaking of Everything. 

Cosell was a major figure, with colleague Jim McKay, in bringing the hard news story to the minds and souls of a nation in 1972 when several Olympians were tragically slain during the Winter Olympics in Germany. He later became more outspoken, even against his own colleagues who he had worked with for so many years. Many people felt that Cosell became a bitter, broken man in his later years following the death of his wife, Emmy. She was the only one who could tell him to “...shut up, Howard. Nobody cares.” 

The once-powerful ‘voice that roared’ left Monday Night Football after fourteen years. 

Howard Cosell died in 1995. Roon Arledge said, “Howard Cosell was one of the most original people ever to appear on American TV. He became a giant by telling the truth in an industry that was not used to hearing it and considered it revolutionary.” 

 1921 - Simone Signoret (Kaminker)

 1932 - Wes Santee
runner: miler: “America’s greatest mile prospect of all time,” who never quite ran the mile in under 4 minutes; banned by AAU for expense violations just before 1956 Olympics, geboren

 1934 - Gloria Steinem
feminist; publisher: Ms., geboren

1937 - The first perfumed ad appeared in the Washington, D.C. Daily News. The ad was for flowers, appropriate since it was cherry blossom time (which happens about this time in the nation’s capitol each year). 

1937 - Babe Ruth was reported to have received $25,000 a year for the Quaker Oats Company to use his name in ads for Quaker Oatmeal. 

 1949 - Jean Potvin
hockey: NHL: LA Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, NY Islanders, Cleveland Barons, Oklahoma City Stars, Minnesota North Stars, geboren

1954 - Radio Corporation of America (RCA) began commercial production of TV sets that were equipped to receive programs in living color. To buy one of those huge sets, television buyers spent $1,000 -- and more. 
 

1954 - Gertrud Bäumer, deutsche Frauenpolitikerin und Schriftstellerin («Der neue Weg der deutschen Frau»), geb. 1873, gestorben
Nancy Burne, Filmschaffende/R, gestorben

Auguste Piccard, Tiefseetaucher und Ballonflieger (CH), geb. 1884, gestorben

1972 - Bobby Hull joined Gordie Howe to become only the second National Hockey League player to score 600 career goals. Hull played for the Chicago Blackhawks and Howe spent his NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings.