Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)

Ronald Reagan was a politician and actor who served as
the 40th president of the United States from January
20, 1981 – January 20, 1989.

Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021)

On February 5, 1934, Henry Louis Aaron Jr., the baseball
slugger who broke Babe Ruth’s legendary record of 714
homers, was born in Mobile, Alabama.

Aaron began his professional baseball career in 1952 in
the Negro League and joined the Milwaukee Braves of
the major league in 1954, eight years after Jackie
Robinson had integrated baseball.

The following season, he took home the league’s MVP
award and helped the Braves beat Mickey Mantle and
the heavily favored New York Yankees in the World
Series. In 1959, Aaron won his second league batting
title.

                        
BRIAN THOMAS

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.

                   
CARLATA BRADLEY