1910 - Edward P. Morgan
radio/TV reporter: ABC: Edward P. Morgan and the News; commentator: Ford Foundation-funded Public Broadcasting Laboratory: “Let’s face it, we in this trade use this power more frequently to fix a traffic ticket or get a ticket to a ballgame than to keep the doors of an open society open and swinging ... The freest and most profitable press in the world, every major facet of it, not only ducks but pulls its punches to save a supermarket of commercialism or shield an ugly prejudice and is putting the life of the republic in jeopardy thereby.”; died in 1993), geboren
Jean Anouilh
Französische Dramatiker., geboren
In seinen Stücken thematisiert Anouilh die Widersprüchlichkeit der menschlichen Existenz und die fragwürdigen gesellschaftlichen Konventionen. Häufig griff er dabei antike Stoffe auf (»Eurydike«, 1942, »Antigone«, 1944). Seinen größten Erfolg feierte er mit »Becket oder Die Ehre Gottes« (1959).
1910 - Jean Anouilh, französischer Dramatiker («Der Reisende ohne Gepäck»), gest. 1987, geboren
1910 Jean Anouilh France, dramatist (Thieves' Carnival), geboren

Renzo Giovampietro (76), Filmschaffende/R, geboren
Jaroslav Balík (76), Filmschaffende/R, geboren

1941 - Front Page Farrell was heard for the first time on Mutual radio. In 1942, the program moved to NBC radio and stayed on the air until 1954. Sally and David Farrell were the central characters. A young actor, who would become a major motion picture star, played the role of David Farrell. He was Richard Widmark. 

1941 - Lena Horne recorded St. Louis Blues for Victor Records and launched an illustrious singing career in the process. She was 23 years old at the time. Horne continued performing well into her 60s.