February 3, 1894 – American artist and illustrator Norman Rockwell is born in New York.
February 6, 1895 – Baseball legend George Herman “Babe” Ruth is born in Baltimore, Maryland.
February 6, 1911 – 40th U. S. President Ronald Reagan is born in Tampico, Illinois. His family soon moves to Dixon where Reagan spends his childhood and young adult years before embarking on a career as a broadcaster, actor and later, a politician.
January 31, 1919 – Baseball great Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in major league baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, was born in Cairo, Georgia.