Bill Ayers

William Charles Ayers is an American retired professor and former militant organizer. In 1969, Ayers co-founded the far-left militant organization the Weather Underground, a revolutionary group that sought to overthrow what they viewed as American imperialism. During the 1960s and 1970s, the Weather Underground conducted a campaign of bombing public buildings in opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. The bombings caused no fatalities, except for three members killed when one of the group's devices accidentally exploded. The FBI described the Weather Underground as a domestic terrorist group. Ayers was hunted as a fugitive for several years, until charges were dropped due to illegal actions by the FBI agents pursuing him and others.

26 December 1944

Born on the same birth day (26 December): Brandon Scherff • Caroll Spinney • Ceylan Ertem • Craig Wing • Esteban Fuertes • Frank Swift • Jean Toomer • José Ramos-Horta • Kaoru Sugayama • Keith Martin Ball • Mark Starr • Norman Angell • Olga Lopes-Seale • Thomas Gray

Born in the same month (December 1944): Andris Bērziņš (Latvian President) • António Variações • Bernard Hill • Carlo M. Croce • Crispian Steele-Perkins • Don Meyer • Jeroen Krabbé • Johnny Isakson • Jon Garrison • Joseph Hilbe • Kenny Everett • Ki Longfellow • Michael Tilson Thomas • Neil Innes • Ray Martin (television presenter) • Steve Tyrell • Wesley Clark • William J. Fallon • Woody Shaw