Top 10 March 13 Birthdays
Dishonorable Mention: March 13, 1911: L. Ron Hubbard. Things he was bad at included writing. Things he was good at included scamming people, through his invention of the religion Scientology. Dishonorable Mention: March 13, 1913: William J. Casey. Director of the CIA from 1981 until his death in 1987, he was heavily involved in the Iran-Contra scandal, but refused to talk, putting his loyalty to the Republican Party ahead of his oath to the Constitution of the United States. 10. March 13, 1798: Abigail Fillmore. She became First Lady of the United States in 1850, when Zachary Taylor died, elevating her husband Millard Fillmore to the Presidency. A teacher before that, she built the 1st library in the White House, and was one of the earliest First Ladies to be a legitimate policy advisor to the President. She died of pneumonia only 26 days after leaving the White House, the shortest post-White House life of any First Lady. 9. March 13, 1916: Lindy Boggs. While he...