Top 10 January 19 Birthdays
Honorable Mention: January 19, 1982: Pete Buttigieg. The former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana ran for President in 2020, when he was too young, too inexperienced, the 1st gay candidate to get as far as he did in either Party's nominating process, and had a name hard to either pronounce or spell. And yet, he won the Iowa Caucuses, beating Senator Bernie Sanders in a contest tailor-made for him. After the South Carolina Primary, he dropped out of the race, and endorsed Joe Biden. He was rewarded with an appointment to be U.S. Secretary of Transportation. Dishonorable Mention: January 19, 1807: Robert E. Lee. Whatever he was until the American Civil War began, when it came, he betrayed his country, choosing his home State of Virginia over the United States of America. He was a traitor, and every statue of him in a public place needs to be removed, and every street named for him needs to be renamed. 10. January 19, 1932: Richard Lester. He directed John Lennon in 3 films:...