Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a businessman and retired
professional basketball player who is a minority owner
of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball
Association.  

Kim Novaks a retired actress and painter. Her contributions to
cinema have been honored with two Golden Globe Awards, an
Honorary Golden Bear, a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement,
and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Novak began her career in 1954 after signing a contract with
Columbia Pictures, and quickly became one of Hollywood’s
top box office stars, appearing in Picnic (1955), The Man with
the Golden Arm (1955), and Pal Joey (1957).

She gained prominence for her role in Alfred Hitchcock‘s thriller
Vertigo (1958).

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931)

George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948)

Babe Ruth was a  professional baseball player whose career
in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914
through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of
Swat", he began his MLB career as a star left-handed pitcher
for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a
slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees.

Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in
American culture and is considered by many to be the
greatest baseball player of all time.

In 1936, Ruth was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
as one of its "first five" members.

1948

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
(February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005)

Rosa Louise McCauley—known to history by her married name,
Rosa Parks—is born in Tuskegee, Alabama on February 4, 1913.

A lifelong civil rights activist, Parks’ name is synonymous with
her refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated
bus in 1955, a defining moment of the civil rights movement.