2004 Death Alistair Cooke, radio commentator/author, Masterpiece Theater, dies at 95 1979 Event Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting 1971 Event CBS presents Masterpiece Theatre's 6 Wives of Henry VIII 1938 Birthday David Borden, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, minimalist music, jazz pianist, founded Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, the world's first synthesizer ensemble, wrote vocal, chamber ensemble, music, style similar to Phillip Glass, Terry Riley 1908 Birthday Alistair Cooke, Manchester England, TV host, Masterpiece Theatre 1906 Birthday Henry Roth, born in Galicia, Austro-Hungary, writer, short story writer, novelist, Call It Sleep considered masterpiece of Jewish American literature
