Top 10 April 6 Birthdays
10. April 6, 1931: Ram Dass. Born Richard Alpert, he helped bring Eastern spirituality, including yoga, to popularity in the West. 9. April 6, 1892: Donald Wills Douglas Sr. He founded the Douglas Aircraft Company, which created the 1st great American passenger plane, the DC-3; and its military equivalent, the C-47 transport plane. His son, Donald Jr., led the merger with McDonnell Aircraft to form McDonnell-Douglas, to meet the increasing demand for new planes. Somewhat Honorable Mention: April 6, 1890: Anthony Fokker. (Pronounced "FOH-ker.") A pioneer of aviation, the Dutch designer made planes for Imperial Germany in World War I, including the Fokker Triplane made famous by Manfred von Richtofen, a.k.a. the Red Baron. After the war, with Germany forbidden by treaty from building planes, he moved aircraft design forward from his homeland. 8. April 6, 1823: Joseph Medill. He built the Chicago Tribune from a footnote in newspapers into one of the world's best, and wa...