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): Andrew Lock • Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry • Dermot Murnaghan • Earle Brown • Frank Broyles • Georgios Rallis • Gray Davis • José Ramos-Horta • Kaoru Sugayama • Leonardo Ghiraldini • Matt Gordy • Noel Hunt • Norman Angell • Ozzie Smith • Robert Muchamore • Tatiana Sorokko • Wang Lijun

Born in the same month (December 1944): Barry Jenkins (musician) • Botho Strauss • Cathy Lee Crosby • Chris Hillman • Dennis Wilson • Erhard Keller • Gerard Windsor • Jairzinho • Jeroen Krabbé • Johnny Isakson • Jonathan King • Martin Hume Johnson • Mike Curb • Mitchell Feigenbaum • Neil Innes • Ralph McTell • Ted Irvine • Wesley Clark • William Christie (musician) • Woody Shaw