 He eventually rose to become the NYPD's first black parole commissioner in 1941. Also on this day in 1976, the first women entered the United States Air Force Academy, fulfilling an order that year for every service academy to admit women. If today is your birthday, you share with Elon Musk, born in 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa. One of the richest men in the world, he founded SpaceX and Tesla.