Historical Events
- Feb 1 Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play a 10-inning, 3-3 tie in Cairo, Egypt in an exhibition MLB game; part of special 56-game world tour
- Feb 1 Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed
- Feb 1 Tanganyika Railway opens
The Tramp
Feb 7 Charlie Chaplin debuts silent film character The Tramp in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"
- Feb 7 Steel work completed on Exposition (Civic) Auditorium, San Francisco
- Feb 8 General Zamon becomes President of Haiti
Passive Resistance Prisoners Released
Feb 10 In accordance with the understanding reached by General Jan Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi, 60 passive resistance prisoners are released from Pietermaritzburg Prison; 40 passive resisters released in Durban, 8 in Newcastle, 11 in Port Elizabeth
The Squaw Man
Feb 12 "The Squaw Man", 1st feature-length film shot in Hollywood, directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar Apfel, is released in the US
Lincoln Memorial Dedicated
Feb 12 Dedication ceremony for the about to be constructed Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
No Babies Please!
Feb 19 Four-year old Charlotte May Pierstorff mailed by train from Grangeville, Idaho to her grandparents’ house 73 miles away in most famous 'child in the post' instance
- Feb 19 Riccardo Zandonai's opera "Francesco da Rimini" premieres in Turin
- Feb 21 Bai Lang ("White Wolf") troops attack Zhanjiang, China
- Feb 21 In a secret meeting of civil and military leaders, Russian Foreign Minister Sazonov convinces them to support a plan for seizing the straits, controlled by Turkey, that block access to the Mediterranean
- Feb 24 Frank Craven's "Too Many Cooks" premieres in NYC
- Feb 26 HMHS Britannic, sister to the Titanic, is launched at Harland & Wolff, Belfast
- Feb 26 New York Museum of Science & Industry incorporated
- Feb 28 Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the San Francisco Exposition
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 1 A K Hangal, Indian freedom fighter and Bollywood character actor (Aaina, Sholay), born in Sialkot, Punjab, British India (d. 2012)
- Feb 2 Eric Kierans, Canadian politician and economist (d. 2004)
- Feb 3 Edward Sinclair, English actor (Dad's Army), born in Lancashire, England (d. 1977)
- Feb 3 Felix Kelly, New Zealand-born British artist, born in Auckland (d. 1994)
George Nissen (1914-2010)
Feb 3 American inventor (created the trampoline), born in Blairstown, Iowa
William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)
Feb 5 American writer (Naked Lunch, The Nova Trilogy) and visual artist, born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Feb 6 Forrest Towns, American athlete (Olympic gold 110m hurdles 1936), born in Fitzgerald, Georgia (d. 1991)
- Feb 6 Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor (Tony the Tiger), and bass singer ("You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"), born in Norfolk, Nebraska (d. 2005)
- Feb 7 David Ignatow, American poet (Tread the Dark, Rescue the Dead), born in New York City (d. 1997)
- Feb 7 Jacques Mornard [Ramon Mercader], Spanish communist (murdered Trotsky in Mexico with an ice axe), born in Argentona, Spain (d. 1978)
- Feb 7 Ralph Whitlock, British farmer, conservationist, writer, and broadcaster, born in Pitton, Wiltshire,England (d. 1995)
- Feb 8 Bert Haas, American baseball player, born in Naperville, Illinois (d. 1999)
- Feb 8 Jules van Ackere, Flemish musicologist (Eternal Music; Maurice Ravel), born in Heule, Netherlands (d. 2008)
Bill Veeck (1914-1986)
Feb 9 American Baseball HOF executive (owner Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians [World Series 1948], St. Louis Browns), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Feb 9 Ernest Tubb, American country musician ("Walking the Floor Over You"), born in Crisp, Texas (d. 1984)
- Feb 9 Ralph Herman, American Emmy Award-winning composer (From the Scriptures; Circus Time), orchestra leader, and music director (ABC-TV, 1952-71), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1994)
- Feb 10 Larry Adler, American pop and classical harmonica player, and composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2001)
- Feb 11 French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer (d. 1981)
- Feb 11 Josh White, Blues, folk and gospel musician, born in Greenville, South Carolina (d. 1969)
- Feb 11 Matt Dennis, American pop singer, pianist, composer, and arranger ("Everything Happens To Me"; "Angel Eyes"), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2002)
- Feb 12 Arvid Pardo, Maltese diplomat, a.k.a "Father of the Law of the Sea Conference", born in Rome, Italy (d. 1999)
- Feb 12 Gordon "Tex" Beneke, American saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orchestra), born in Fort Worth, Texas; (d. 2000)
- Feb 12 Nello Celio, Swiss politician, born in Quinto, Switzerland (d. 1995)
- Feb 13 George Kleinsinger, American composer (Tubby the Tuba), born in San Bernardino, California (d. 1982)
- Feb 14 Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer, coach, broadcaster (British Open 1948 3rd), born in Sydney, NSW (d. 2007)
- Feb 15 (Thomas) Hale Boggs, American politician (US Representative from Louisiana, 1947-73), born in Long Beach, Mississippi (d. 1972)
- Feb 15 Arthur Sydney Martin, British M15 spy catcher, (d. 1996)
- Feb 15 Kevin McCarthy, American actor (Invasion of Body Snatchers, Death of a Salesman), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2010)
- Feb 16 Jimmy Wakely, American country music vocalist (5 Star Jubilee), born in Mineola, Arkansas (d. 1982)
- Feb 17 Albert Westerlinck [Jose J M Aerts pseudoym], Flemish poet, writer and priest, born in Geel, Belgium (d. 1984)
- Feb 17 Arthur Kennedy, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actor (Death of a Salesman; Fantastic Voyage; Peyton Place; Some Came Running), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1990)
- Feb 17 Per-Jakez Helias, French Breton writer and actor, born in Pouldreuzig, Brittany (d. 1995)
- Feb 17 Wayne Morris, American actor and decorated WWII pilot (Paths of Glory, The Bushwackers), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1959)
- Feb 18 Pee Wee King [Julius Frank Kuczynski], American country singer, accordionist, and songwriter ("Tennesee Waltz"; "Slow Poke"), born in Abrams, Wisconsin (d. 2000)
- Feb 19 Jacques Dufilho, French comedian (d. 2005)
- Feb 20 John Charles Daly, American, newscaster and TV game show host (What's My Line), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1991)
- Feb 21 Arnold Denker, American chess champion (1944-46), born in New York City (d. 2005)
- Feb 22 Renato Dulbecco, Italian-born American virologist (1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for oncoviruses work), born in Catanzaro, Italy (d. 2012)
- Feb 23 Margaret Farrer, English midwife (Central Midwives Board), born in Rhodesia (d. 1997)
- Feb 23 Mike Tresh, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1945; Chicago White Sox), born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania (d. 1966)
- Feb 23 Theofiel Middelkamp, Dutch cyclist (d. 2005)
- Feb 24 David Langdon, English newspaper and magazine cartoonist (Sunday Mirror), born in London, England (d. 2011) [1]
- Feb 24 Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall; Shopping, the first enclosed shopping mall - Luleå, Sweden), born in Mill Hill, Middlesex, England (d. 2005)
- Feb 24 Zachary Scott, American actor (Spotlight Playhouse, Mildred Pierce), born in Austin, Texas (d. 1965)
- Feb 25 John Arlott, British cricket commentator and writer (BBC), born in Basingstoke, England (d. 1991)
- Feb 26 Robert Alda, American actor (Supertrain, By Popular Demand), born in New York City (d. 1986)
- Feb 26 Witold Rowicki, Polish conductor and composer, born in Taganrog, Russia (d. 1989)
- Feb 28 Jim Boles, American actor (The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, One Man's Family), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 1977)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 6 Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter of peasant families (Laren School), dies at 69
- Feb 13 Alphonse Bertillon, French police officer and anthropologist (devised crime ID system), dies at 60
- Feb 22 Valliamma Mudaliar, took part in Indian passive resistance, dies of a fever contracted in prison
- Feb 24 Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Feb 25 John Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93
