Alex Jones was born in 1973.
Elmer C.A. Berger -LRB- 1891 -- 1952 -RRB- was an inventor in the early 1900s credited for invention of the rear-view mirror , although racing enthusiast Ray Harroun experimented with one as early as 1911 while driving in the Indianapolis 500 .. rear-view mirror. rear-view mirror. Ray Harroun. Ray Harroun. Indianapolis 500. Indianapolis 500. However , Elmer Berger was the first to patent -LRB- 1921 -RRB- and manufacture the rear-view mirror for automobile use .. rear-view mirror. rear-view mirror. He named his device the `` COP-SPOTTER '' and it was produced by his Berger and Company .. In the 1930s and 40s he owned a prominent horse racing stable in California .. One of his colts , Boot and Spur , ran in the 1942 Kentucky Derby .. Another stakes horse , Stitch Again , ran second in the 1947 Santa Anita Handicap .. Elmer Berger is now buried in Hollywood Forever , a cemetery in Hollywood , California , in the Cathedral Mausoleum # 1405. Hollywood Forever. Hollywood Forever