John Winston Lennon was born on October 9th, 1940 in Liverpool, England.

Lennon joined Howard Cosell in 1974 to discuss American football.

Listening to him you can tell he was a great sports fan.

Then in 1980 Howard Cosell makes the awful announcement to the world that John Lennon was was killed by a gunman.

"Shot twice in the back; rushed to Roosevelt Hospital, dead on arrival. Hard to go back to the game after that news flash," Cosell said.

I want to wish my sister Lorraine and my nephew Joseph a happy birthday as well, since it's their birthday too.

Open thread.