Top 10 March 22 Birthdays
10. March 22, 1947: James Patterson. The creator of Alex Cross has recently written novels with Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton. It doesn't get much more American than that. Dishonorable Mention: March 22, 1930: Pat Robertson. The son of a segregationist Senator became a Republican power broker by perverting the Christian message into one of get-rich-quick schemes and bigotry. It doesn't get much more un-American (and un-Christian) than that. Honorable Mention: March 22, 1908: Louis L'Amour. He specialized in Westerns, although he wrote about other subjects, including a nonfiction book about the settling of the American West. 9. March 22, 1924: Al Neuharth. Founder of USA Today , America's 1st truly national newspaper, something most countries take for granted. 8. March 22, 1797: Kaiser Wilhelm I. Along with Otto von Bismarck, he unified Germany. Although a conservative, he was less so than Bismarck, and considerably less so than his grandson Wilhelm II...