Historical Events
- Feb 1 Kirghiz Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kirghiz ASSR
- Feb 1 Land at Broadway & Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch
- Feb 2 3 men dance Charleston for 22 hours
- Feb 2 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Adelaide: In all-Australian final John Hawkes beats James Willard 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
- Feb 2 Australasian Championships Women's Tennis, Adelaide: Daphne Akhurst Cozens retains title; beats Esna Boyd Robertson 6-1, 6-3
- Feb 4 Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany
- Feb 6 MLB St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from New York Yankees for cash and pitcher George Mogridge
- Feb 6 NFL rules college students are ineligible until they complete their college careers
Walt Disney Studios
Feb 8 Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio becomes Walt Disney Studios
- Feb 8 German Reichstag decides to apply for League of Nations membership
- Feb 8 Sean O'Casey's "Plough & Stars" opens at Abbey Theater Dublin
- Feb 9 Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools
- Feb 10 Building of Olympic Stadium Amsterdam, begins
- Feb 11 UK transfers administration of Tokelau (Union) Islands in South Pacific to New Zealand
- Feb 12 Barendrecht soccer team forms
- Feb 15 Brooks Atkinson Theatre opens at 256 W 47th St NYC
- Feb 15 Contract air mail service begins in US
Sports History
Feb 16 Suzanne Lenglen defeats US champion Helen Wills in influential tennis match in Cannes, France
Event of Interest
Feb 25 Francisco Franco becomes Spain's youngest general at 33
- Feb 25 Kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government and warlords
- Feb 26 Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 1 Douglas Johnson, British historian, born in Edinburgh (d. 2005)
- Feb 1 Peter Crill, Bailiff of Jersey
- Feb 1 Vivian Maier, American street photographer unknown until her death, born in New York City (d. 2009)
- Feb 2 Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, Nicaraguan clergyman (Archbishop of Managua, 1970-2005; 1st Central American cardinal, 1985), born in La Libertad, Nicaragua (d. 2018)
- Feb 2 Nydia Ecury, celebrated Afro-Dutch writer, translator and actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera), born in Rancho, Aruba (d. 2012)
- Feb 2 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French politician, President of France (1974-81), born in Koblenz, French-occupied Germany (d. 2020)
- Feb 3 Art Arfons, auto racer/designer (3 x world land speed record; "Green Monster"), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2007)
- Feb 3 Glen Tetley, American ballet and modern dancer (Joffrey Ballet), and choreographer (Pierrot Lunaire; Alice), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2007)
- Feb 3 Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician (leader of West Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), 1987-91; Minister of Justice, 1974-84; Mayor of Munich, 1962-72), born in Göttingen, Germany (d. 2020)
- Feb 3 J. Roy Rowland, American politician (Rep-D-GA, 1983-95), born in Wrightsville, Georgia (d. 2022)
- Feb 3 Shelley Berman, American Grammy Award-winning comedian, actor (Son of Blob; Divorce American Style; Curb Your Enthusiasm), writer, and educator, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2017)
- Feb 4 John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer
- Feb 5 Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (NY Times), born in New York City
- Feb 6 Dale Long, American baseball infielder (MLB record 8 HRs in consecutive games 1956; Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs), born in Springfield, Missouri (d. 1991)
- Feb 6 Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer and director, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
- Feb 6 Walker Edmiston, American actor (Star Trek, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, The Dukes of Hazzard), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2007)
- Feb 7 Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (Voskhod 1 - 1st to carry three members), born in Voronezh, Russia, USSR (d. 2009)
- Feb 7 Mark Taimanov, Russian pianist, born in Kharkiv, Ukraine (d. 2016)
- Feb 8 Neal Cassady, American writer (d. 1968)
- Feb 9 Garret FitzGerald, Irish politician and 8th Taoiseach of Ireland (Fine Gael: 1981-87), born in Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland (d. 2011)
- Feb 10 Danny Blanchflower, Irish soccer midfielder (56 caps Northern Ireland; Tottenham Hotspur 337 games, Aston Villa) and manager (Northern Ireland, Chelsea), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 1993)
- Feb 10 Randy Jackson, American MLB baseball third baseman, 1950-59, 2X All-Star (Chicago Cubs; Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodger; Cleveland Indians), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2019)
- Feb 11 Alexander Gibson, British conductor and founder of the Scottish Opera, born in Motherwell, Scotland (d. 1995)
- Feb 11 Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor (Spy Hard, Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun), born in Regina, Saskatchewan (d. 2010)
- Feb 11 Paul Bocuse, French great chef (Legion of Honor), born in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, France (d. 2018)
- Feb 12 Charles Van Doren, American teacher, writer, and quiz show contestant (Twenty-One), born in New York City (d. 2019)
- Feb 12 Irene Camber, Italian fencer (Olympic gold foil individual 1952, bronze team foil 1960; World C'ship gold 1953 individual foil; team foil 1957), born in Trieste, Italy (d. 2024)
- Feb 12 Joe Garagiola, American MLB catcher (4 teams, 1946-54), sportscaster, and TV host (Today Show), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2016)
- Feb 12 Paul Hamlyn, German-born English publisher (Octopus Publishing Group), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2001)
- Feb 13 Barney Childs, American avant-garde composer (The Roachville Project), educator, and poet, born in Spokane, Washington (d. 2000)
- Feb 14 (Alexander) "Bobby" Kok, Boer-British classical and session cellist (BBC Symphony; George Harrison - "When We Was Fab"), born in Brakpan, Union of South Africa, (d. 2015)
- Feb 14 Alfred Körner, Austrian soccer striker (47 caps; Rapid Wien), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2020)
- Feb 16 David Austin, English rose breeder (Austin roses), born in Albrighton, England (d. 2018)
- Feb 16 Jack Levy, English mechanical engineer, born in London, England (d. 2017)
- Feb 16 John Schlesinger, English stage and Academy Award-winning film director (Midnight Cowboy; Darling), born in London, England (d. 2003)
- Feb 17 Friedrich Cerha, Austrian composer (Baal) and conductor (Ensemble Die Reihe), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2023)
- Feb 17 Lee Hoiby, American concert pianist and composer (1957 Arts & Letters; Summer and Smoke), born in Madison, Wisconsin (d. 2011)
- Feb 18 Len Ford, American AAFC and NFL two-way end, 1948-58 (Cleveland Browns, and 2 other teams; 3 x NFL Champion, 4 X Pro Bowl), born in Washington D.C. (d. 1972)
- Feb 19 György Kurtág, Hungarian pianist, composer (Stele; Játékok), and teacher (Franz Liszt Academy, 1967-93), born in Lugoj, Romania
- Feb 20 Bob Richards, American athlete (Olympic gold pole vault 1952, 56; bronze 1948), born in Champaign, Illinois (d. 2023)
- Feb 20 Bobby Jaspar, Belgian jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1963)
- Feb 20 Cameron Rusby, British Royal Navy officer (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in WWII), born in Valletta, Malta (d. 2013)
- Feb 20 Dame Gillian Lynne [Pyrke], British dancer, choreographer and actress (Cats; The Phantom of the Opera), born in Bromley, Kent (d. 2018)
- Feb 20 Edgar Meuli, cricketer (opened NZ batting in Test v South Africa 1953)
- Feb 20 Kenneth H Olsen, American electrical engineer, and co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 2011)
- Feb 20 Richard Matheson, American author, (d. 2013)
- Feb 21 Hans Andreus [Johan Wilhem van der Zant], Dutch children's author (Mr. Bumblemoose books), and poet (Muziek voor Kijkdieren), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1977)
- Feb 22 (Alan) "Bud" Yorkin, American film and television producer and director (Divorce American Style; All in the Family; Sanford And Son), born in Washington, Pennsylvania (d. 2015)
- Feb 22 Kenneth Williams, British actor (Hancock's Half Hour, Carry On films), born in King's Cross, London (d. 1988)
- Feb 23 Régine Crespin, French operatic mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1962-87; Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete), born in Marseille, France (d. 2007)
- Feb 24 Reginald Freeson, British MP
- Feb 25 Harvey McGregor, British barrister and administrator (Warden of New College-Oxford, 1985-96), born in Inverurie, Scotland (d. 2015)
- Feb 26 Arsene Souffriau, Belgian pioneering electronic music composer, born in Ixelles, Belgium (d. 2012)
- Feb 26 Chris Anderson, American jazz pianist (Charlie Parker; Dinah Washington; Charlie Haden), born in Chicago, Illinois) (d. 2008)
- Feb 26 Cynthia Stone, American actress (That Wonderful Guy, Ad Libbers), born in Peoria, Illinois (d. 1988)
- Feb 26 Efraín Sánchez, Colombian soccer goalkeeper (9 caps; San Lorenzo) and manager (Columbia), born in Barranquilla, Colombia (d. 2020)
- Feb 27 David H. Hubel, Canadian neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate, (d. 2013)
- Feb 27 Peter Emery, British MP
- Feb 28 Seymour Shifrin, American composer (Satires of Circumstance), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1979)
- Feb 28 Stanley Glasser, South African composer, born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2018)
- Feb 28 Svetlana Alliluyeva, Russian-born daughter of Joseph Stalin who later defected to the West and author (My Life), born in Moscow (d. 2011)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 2 Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848)
- Feb 5 André Gedalge, French composer (le Petit Savoyard, Phoebé) and Mayor of Chessy, Seine-et-Marne, dies at 69
- Feb 8 William Bateson, English biologist (originator of term "genetics"), dies at 64
- Feb 21 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel Prize for Physics 1913), dies at 72
- Feb 24 Eddie Plank, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1910, 11, 13 Philadelphia A's), dies from a stroke at 51
- Feb 26 Frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar and church historian (The Monasteries), dies at 67
- Feb 26 Peter Lange-Muller, Danish composer and pianist, dies at 75
