David Hasselhoff, born in Baltimore in 1952 (now 66 years old), destined to become (according to Guinness World Records) The Most Watched Man on Television, seen here in 1972, at age 20, when he was a student at CalArts:
471 - In 1928 and 1929, Austrian rocketry pioneer Max Valier worked with Fritz von Opel on a number of rocket-powered cars and aircraft. For von Opel, these were publicity stunts for the Opel company. For Valier -- shown below in a rocket car in 1929 -- they were a way to raise interest in rocketry.