Famous People born January 1st

by Important Occasions

First baby born in 2000	Kala Sosefina Mileniume Kauvaka (2000)
	Baby girl Kala Sosefina Mileniume Kauvaka was the first baby born in the year 2000. Born in Tonga, Kala was delivered just after midnight at 12:06 am.
Author of “Catcher in the Rye”	J.D. Salinger (1919)
	J.D. Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye” was published in 1951 and spent thirty weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list. Under massive public attention and scrutiny Salinger became reclusive and was last published in 1965.
1^st FBI Director	J. Edgar Hoover (1895)
	J. Edgar Hoover was monumental in founding the FBI in 1935 where he served as the first director until his death in 1972. J. Edgar Hoover served during Prohibition, the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War & the Vietnam War.
Seamstress of the 1^st American Flag	Betsy Ross (1752)
	Betsy Ross and her husband John Ross owned an upholstery business where it’s been said the first American flag that incorporated stars was sewn. Betsy Ross had five daughters and died at the age of 84.
American Revolution Patriot	Paul Revere (1735)
	Paul Revere was an American silversmith that is most famous for his “Midnight Ride” from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock & Samuel Adams of the British Army advancement.