Today's Famous Birthdays

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William Hedgcock Webster
(born March 6, 1924)

is an American attorney and jurist who most recently served as chair of the Homeland Security
Advisory Council from 2005 until 2020. He was a United States district judge of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and a United States circuit judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit before becoming director of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI) from 1978 to 1987 and director of Central Intelligence (CIA) from 1987 to 1991.
He is the only person to have held both positions.









Alan Greenspan
(born March 6, 1926)

is an American economist who served as the 13th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006.
He works as a private adviser and provides consulting for firms through his company,
Greenspan Associates LLC.

First nominated to the Federal Reserve by President Ronald Reagan in August 1987, he was
reappointed at successive four-year intervals until retiring on January 31, 2006, after the
second-longest tenure in the position, behind only William McChesney Martin. President George W. Bush
appointed Ben Bernanke as his successor. Greenspan came to the Federal Reserve Board from a
consulting career. Although he was subdued in his public appearances, favorable media coverage raised
his profile to a point that several observers likened him to a "rock star". Democratic leaders of Congress
criticized him for politicizing his office because of his support for Social Security privatization and tax cuts











Marion Shepilov Barry
(born Marion Barry Jr.; March 6, 1936 – November 23, 2014)

was an American politician who served as mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and
1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the District of Columbia,
representing as an at-large member from 1975 to 1979, in Ward 8 from 1993 to 1995,
and again from 2005 to 2014.

His celebrity was transformed into international notoriety in January 1990, when he was videotaped
during a sting operation smoking crack cocaine and was arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
officials on drug charges. The arrest and subsequent trial precluded Barry from seeking re-election,
and he served six months in a federal prison. After his release, he was elected to the Council of the
District of Columbia in 1992. He was elected again as mayor in 1994, serving from 1995 to 1999.











David Jon Gilmour
(born 6 March 1946)

is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined as
guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1967, shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett.
Pink Floyd achieved international success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973),
Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), The Wall (1979), and The Final Cut (1983). By the
early 1980s, they had become one of the highest-selling and most acclaimed acts in music history;
by 2012, they had sold more than 250 million records worldwide, including 75 million in the
United States. Following the departure of Roger Waters in 1985, Pink Floyd continued under Gilmour's
leadership and released three more studio albums.










Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal
(born March 6, 1972),

known commonly as "Shaq" (SHAK), is an American former professional basketball player who is a
sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. O'Neal is regarded as one of the greatest
basketball players and centers of all time. He is a 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) and 325-pound (147 kg)
center who played for six teams over his 19-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA)
and is a four-time NBA champion.