Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, born in Tampico, Ill., February 6, 1911.
British novelist Charles Dickens born February 7, 1812.
Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, February 6, 1952.
Galileo, Italian astronomer and physicist, born February 15, 1564.
George Washington, first U.S. President, born in Westmoreland County, Va., February 22, 1732.
Thomas A. Edison, American inventor, born February 11, 1847.
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, born near present-day Hodgenville, Ky., February 12, 1809.
Charles Darwin, British naturalist, born February 12, 1809.
Grant Wood, American painter, born February 13, 1891.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet, born February 27, 1807.
