Top 10 January 1 Birthdays
Honorable Mention: January 1, 1752, Betsy Ross. Born Elizabeth Griscom in Gloucester City, New Jersey, across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, she didn't do what she's most famous for: Designing and sewing the first American flag. What she did do was more important: She made desperately-needed uniforms for the Continental Army. Dishonorable Mention: January 1, 1895, J. Edgar Hoover. He turned the Federal Bureau of Investigation from a little-used agency into the world's greatest police force. But he so often used it for immoral purposes. 10. January 1, 1942: Country Joe McDonald. Part of the San Francisco music scene that emphasized psychedelia and antiwar sentiment, he led the band Country Joe & The Fish. Unlike most rockers -- Jimi Hendrix and John Fogerty were also exceptions -- he served, in his case in the U.S. Navy. So he had some credibility when he sang "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag": "And it's one, two, three, what are we...