Top 10 May 2 Birthdays
Somewhat Honorable Mention: May 2, 1879: James F. Byrnes. The good: He was briefly a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, before President Franklin D. Roosevelt decided that, with World War II raging, he would be more valuable in the State Department. There, he was the Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization, and then the Director of the Office of War Mobilization. In this last capacity, he directed the building of the atomic bomb that ended the war. He then served as the 1st postwar Secretary of State. The bad: As a U.S. Senator before all this, and as Governor of South Carolina after this, he was an ardent segregationist. Somewhat Honorable Mention: May 2, 1892: Manfred von Richthofen. "The Red Baron" fought for Imperial Germany, an enemy of freedom. But he was the most successful fighter pilot of World War I, shooting down 80 opposing planes, before meeting his own doom in 1918. 10. May 2, 1946: David Suchet. He's English, despite his French-sounding name and...