By Michelle Dumas
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
David Michael Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952), nicknamed “The Hoff“, is an American actor, singer, and television personality. He has set a Guinness World Record as the most watched man on TV. Hasselhoff first gained recognition on The Young and the Restless (1975–1982), playing the role of Dr. Snapper Foster. His career continued with his leading role as Michael Knight on Knight Rider (1982–1986) and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in Baywatch (1989–2000). He also produced Baywatch from the 1990s until 2001 when the series ended with Baywatch Hawaii.
Hasselhoff has appeared in films, including Dodgeball (2004), The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), Click (2006), Hop (2011), and Piranha 3DD (2012). Before Samuel L. Jackson, Hasselhoff was the first actor to portray the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury in the telefilm Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998). In 2000, he made his Broadway debut in the musical Jekyll & Hyde. Following his debut, he starred in other musicals including Chicago and The Producers.
Hasselhoff has released a total of 15 studio albums, which found success mostly in German-speaking parts of Europe, where he has garnered multiple gold and platinum awards, with the single “Looking for Freedom” achieving number one in Germany and Switzerland. Hasselhoff has also worked as a talent show judge on television shows such as America’s Got Talent (2006–2009) and Britain’s Got Talent (2011).
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- John Jacob Astor (businessman) –
- James Cagney (actor) –
- Art Linkletter (television personality) –
- Phyllis Diller (actress) –
- Nils Bohlin (inventor of seat belts) –
- Diahann Carroll (singer) –
- Lucie Arnaz (actress, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz) –
- David Hasselhoff (actor) –
- Mark Burnett (television producer) –
- Bitty Schram (actress) –
- Eric Moulds (football player) –
Died
- Billie Holiday (jazz & blues singer) –
- Ty Cobb (baseball player) –
- Joseph Maher (actor) –
- Hugh Reilly (actor) –
- Walter Cronkite (newscaster) –
- Morgan Paull (actor) –
- John Robert Lewis (American politician; civil rights leader) –
Events
- Florida formally ceded by Spain to the U.S.–
- First photo taken of star other than Sun (Vega), Harvard College Observatory–
- U.S. National Cemetery Act passed–
- In Boston, Massachusetts, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine established as the first university-based dental school in the U.S.–
- Disneyland Park opened in Anaheim, California–
- Contact with Surveyor 4 lost 2.5 minutes before Moon touchdown–
- U.S. Apollo 18 and U.S.S.R. Soyuz 19 docked with each other in space marking the first such link-up between spacecrafts from the two nations–
- Maiden flight of B-2 stealth bomber–
- Two triple plays were made by the Minnesota Twins in a game against the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox won 1-0–
- Last 400 Woolworth’s department stores closed–
- Tsunami in Indonesia–
Weather
- Atlanta, Georgia, received its 14th consecutive day of rain–
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