Saturday March 24, 1951

Birth of Tommy Hilfiger

Born Thomas Jacob Hilfiger.

Known for Tommy Hilfiger Corporation.

Is a former NASA astronaut.

He was designated a Naval Aviator in August 1974 at Corpus Christi, Texas. In June 1981 Reightler was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower as communications officer and carrier on-board delivery pilot, making two deployments to the Mediterranean Sea.

Selected by NASA in June 1987, Reightler began a year of astronaut candidate training and became an astronaut in August 1988.

73 years ago