Top 10 March 20 Birthdays
10. March 20, 1904: B.F. Skinner. Perhaps the leading psychologist of the latter half of the 20th Century -- Sigmund Freud having wrapped up that title for the 1st half -- he was the leading proponent of behavioral theory. 9. March 20, 1934: Willie Brown. He served in the California Assembly from 1965 to 1995, from 1980 to 1995 as its Speaker. With the Republicans holding the Governorship from 1983 onward, this made him the State's most powerful Democrat. It has been argued that California's term limits law for State officials was nothing more than a cynical plow to force him out of the Speakership. If so, then it was a dumb thing to do. In 1995 and 1999, he was elected Mayor of San Francisco, and he was popular enough that he might still hold the job today if he weren't term-limited there, too. And the Democrats have still held both houses of the California legislature since. Somewhat Honorable Mention: March 20, 1906: Abe Beame. He was elected Comptroller (financial ...