Top 10 January 12 Birthdays
Honorable Mention: January 12, 1923: Ira Hayes. The Corporal was a member of the Pima tribe, and 1 of the 6 U.S. Marines who raised the flag atop Iwo Jima. He had it rough after that, and drank himself to death in 1955. Fellow Native American Peter La Farge wrote "The Ballad of Ira Hayes," and Johnny Cash recorded it. Honorable Mention: January 12, 1949: Ottmar Hitzfeld. A star forward in the Swiss and German soccer leagues in the 1970s and early '80s, he managed 2 different teams to win the UEFA Champions League: Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and Bayern Munich in 2001. Somewhat Honorable Mention: January 12, 1954: Howard Stern. One of the most publicly disgusting people who has ever lived, but he did use his influence against Donald Trump in 2020, so that's something. Somewhat Honorable Mention: January 12, 1964: Jeff Bezos. Yes, Amazon.com has helped a lot of people. It's also hurt a lot of people. With all his money, he could move most of Earth forward for a li...