Top 10 March 6 Birthdays
10. March 6, 1926: Alan Greenspan. Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board from 1987 to 2006, at the start of his tenure, his response to a stock market crash prevented a depression. And his keeping interest rates low helped enable to economic boom of the 1990s. He could not, however, prevent the recessions of 1990-93, 2001-03 and 2007-09. He is married to Andrea Mitchell of NBC News. I think he married her because, for the first time in his life, he could be in a relationship where he was "the interesting one." Honorable Mention: March 6, 1929: Tom Foley. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1964, from a District centered on Spokane, Washington, he became Speaker in 1989. But he was not an especially strong House Democratic Leader. In 1994, he became the 1st Speaker in 132 years to lose his own seat in an election. He later served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan. 9. March 6, 1831: Philip Sheridan. The Union General won the Battle of the Shenandoah Valley, a...