Historical Events
- Feb 1 NY Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman
- Feb 1 Soyuz TM-16 lands
- Feb 2 Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.05 sec)
Václav Havel President
Feb 2 Václav Havel becomes the first president of an independent Czech Republic, after the split with Slovakia
- Feb 3 Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments
Police Trial for Assaulting Rodney King
Feb 3 Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles, California
- Feb 3 General Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving
- Feb 4 Admiral William Studeman ends term as acting director of CIA
- Feb 4 Russian space agency tests a 82-foot wide space mirror
- Feb 5 Grenade explodes in Sarajevo, killing 63 and injuring 160
- Feb 5 R James Woolsey, becomes 16th director of CIA
44th NHL All-Star Game
Feb 6 44th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: Wales beats Campbell, 16-6; MVP: Mike Gartner, NY Rangers, RW
Bowe vs. Dokes
Feb 6 Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
Carmen Electra
Feb 7 Carmen Electra releases her self-titled debut album, "Carmen Electra"
- Feb 7 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 23-20; MVP: Steve Tasker, Buffalo Bills, WR
- Feb 8 GM sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires
- Feb 8 Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die
- Feb 9 Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma
Michael Jackson Talks to Oprah
Feb 10 "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC & drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people
- Feb 10 Jani Sievinen swims world record 200m backstroke (1:55.59)
- Feb 10 US officially backs peace plan in Bosnia
- Feb 11 43rd Berlin International Film Festival: "Woman Sesame Oil Maker" and "The Wedding Banquet" win the Golden Bear (tie)
- Feb 11 Irina Privalova runs world record 60m indoor (6.92 secs)
Appointment of Interest
Feb 11 President Clinton selects Janet Reno to be first female US Attorney General
Film Release
Feb 12 Comedy film "Groundhog Day" opens across the US starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell, directed by Harold Ramis
- Feb 13 Ljubow Kremljowa runs world record 1000m indoor (2:34:84)
- Feb 13 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (21.87 sec)
- Feb 13 Sergei Bubka pole vaults indoor record (6.14 m)
Daytona 500
Feb 14 35th Daytona 500: Dale Jarrett, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, wins from Dale Earnhardt and Geoff Bodine
- Feb 14 Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79
- Feb 15 Bombings by mafia drug lords kill 14 in Bogotá, Colombia
- Feb 15 Howard Stern Radio Show begins transmitting to Rochester, New York on WRQI 95.1 FM
- Feb 16 Sandra Völker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.33 sec)
- Feb 16 Western Australia's and Australia's first woman Premier, Carmen Lawrence, is voted out of office.
- Feb 17 Haitian ferry boat capsize in storm, 800-2,000 die
- Feb 17 Hartford right wing Pat Verbeek scores his 300th career NHL goal and adds his 300th career assist in a 5-3 Whalers' home loss to the Buffalo Sabres
- Feb 19 "Happy Nation" debut studio album by Swedish pop group Ace of Base is released
- Feb 19 Kenya Moore, 22, (Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA
- Feb 20 Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp
- Feb 20 NY Islanders retire Billy Smith's number 31
NBA All-Star Game
Feb 21 43rd NBA All-Star Game, Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT: West beats East, 135-132 (OT); MVPs: Karl Malone, Utah Jazz F; John Stockton, Utah Jazz, PG
- Feb 21 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 m)
- Feb 22 Vinod Kambli scores 224 v England at Bombay, 411 balls, 23 fours
- Feb 23 Gary Coleman wins $1,280,000 lawsuit against parents for high fees
- Feb 23 India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England
- Feb 23 Sacramento Gold Miners admitted as CFL's 9th franchise (1st US team)
Grammy Awards
Feb 24 35th Grammy Awards: "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton wins
- Feb 25 David Shiner and Bill Irwin's comedy revue "Fool Moon" opens at the Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC; runs for 207 performances
- Feb 25 Florida Marlins introduce their mascot "Billy"
- Feb 25 Pakistan all out 43 v West Indies, world one-day int record low
- Feb 26 "World Trade Center bombing of 1993": truck bomb explodes in parking garage of NYC World Trade Center at 12:18pm, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000 in what was the deadliest act of terrorism perpetrated on US soil at the time
- Feb 26 9th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins
Cricket Record
Feb 26 Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123
Film & TV History
Feb 28 7th American Comedy Award: Jerry Seinfeld
- Feb 28 Gun battle erupts near Waco, Texas at Branch Davidian compound after FBI attempts a raid
- Feb 28 Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 1 Onel Hernández, Cuban football player (1st Cuban in the Premier League, Norwich City), born in Morón, Cuba
- Feb 4 Luke Newton, English actor (Colin in Bridgerton)
- Feb 5 Adam Ondra, Czech climber, born in Brno, Czech Republic
- Feb 6 Tinashe [Kachingwe], American actress and singer (Nightride), born in Lexington, Kentucky
- Feb 7 David Dorfman, American actor (The Ring), born in Los Angeles, California
- Feb 10 Sterling Shepard, American NFL player (New York Giants), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Feb 12 Jennifer Stone, American actress, born in Arlington, Texas
- Feb 19 Mauro Icardi, Argentine footballer (Paris Saint-Germain), born in Rosario, Argentina
- Feb 19 Victoria Justice, American actress (The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody, Lola Martinez in Zoey 101), born in Hollywood, Florida
- Feb 26 Taylor Dooley, American actress (The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl), born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
- Feb 27 Jessica Korda, American golfer (5 LPGA Tour titles), born in Bradenton, Florida
Famous Weddings
Mitch McConnell
Feb 6 US Senator Mitch McConnell (51) weds economist Elaine Chao
Tony Curtis
Feb 28 American actor Tony Curtis (67) weds Lisa Deutsch, his 5th wife; divorce in 1994
Famous Deaths
- Feb 1 Sven Thofelt, Swedish athlete (Olympic gold pentathlon 1928; silver team épée 1936, bronze 1948), dies at 88
- Feb 2 Alexander Schneider, Lithuanian violinist (Budapest String Quartet), dies at 84
- Feb 3 Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish contemporary classical and minimalist composer (Zomerspelen/Summer Games; Aquarius), dies at 69
- Feb 3 Reid Miles, American photographer, and album cover art designer (Blue Note Records, 1955-67), dies at 65
- Feb 5 Jack Young, English cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies at 80
- Feb 5 Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and film director (All about Eve), dies at 83
- Feb 5 Marcel Léger, Canadian politician, dies at 62
- Feb 5 Tip Tipping [Tim], English film stuntman, dies in sky-diving accident at 34
Arthur Ashe (1943-1993)
Feb 6 American tennis player (US Open 1968, Australian Open 1970, Wimbledon & WCT Finals 1975; Davis Cup 1963, 68, 69, 70), dies of AIDS related pneumonia at 49
- Feb 6 Frances Hunt, American actress (You're a Sweetheart), dies of stroke at 77
- Feb 7 W. Sybout A. Colenbrander, Dutch historian/journalist, dies at 82
- Feb 8 Casper van den Berg, Dutch poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies
- Feb 8 Douglas Heyes, American director and writer (Kitten with a Whip), dies at 73
- Feb 8 Eliot Janeway, American financial columnist (Eliot Doomsday), dies at 80
- Feb 8 Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82
- Feb 8 N. Shanmugathasan, Sri Lankan communist leader
- Feb 8 Paul Brickhill, Dutch-American WW II pilot and physician, dies
- Feb 9 David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54
- Feb 9 Harold Taylor, Canadian educator and college president (Sarah Lawrence College, defended academic freedom against McCarthyism), dies at 78
- Feb 9 Kate Wilkinson, American actress (Clara-Another World), dies of cancer at 76
- Feb 9 Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies
- Feb 10 Fred Hollows, New Zealand ophthalmologist (b. 1929)
- Feb 10 John Grossman, Czech director (Process, Revisor), dies
- Feb 10 Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, Prime Minister of France (1957), dies
- Feb 10 Rip Repulski, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1956; World Series 1959), dies at 64
- Feb 11 George Stephen, American inventor (Weber Kettle Grill), dies at 71
- Feb 11 Joy Garrett, American actress (Jo Johnson-Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure at 47
- Feb 11 Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnast, dies in an auto accident
- Feb 12 James Bulger, English child abducted, tortured and beaten to death at 2, by 10-year-old boys
- Feb 13 Agatha Hagtingius-Seger, Dutch author (Sparkles Chain), dies at 91
- Feb 14 Buddy Pepper, American pianist and composer ("Vaya Con Dios"), dies of heart failure at 70
- Feb 15 George Wallington [Giacinto Figlia], Italian-American jazz pianist, composer ("Lemon Drop"; "Godchild"), and bandleader, dies at 68
- Feb 16 Donald Phelps, American actor (Ghost Ship), dies of AIDS at 61
- Feb 16 Richard Salant, news president (CBS-60 Minutes), dies at 78
- Feb 17 Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed
- Feb 17 George E. Wilburn, film editor, dies of emphysema at 77
- Feb 17 Leslie Townsend, English cricket all-rounder (England in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies at 89
- Feb 18 Edward S "Ted" Haworth, US set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at 76
- Feb 18 Jacqueline Hill, dies of cancer at 63
- Feb 18 Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
- Feb 18 Leslie Norman, English director and producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82
- Feb 18 Michael David Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33
- Feb 18 Michael David Morrison, American actor (As the World Turns - "Caleb"), dies of acute intoxication of combination of alcohol and illicit drugs at 33
- Feb 18 Patrick Waite, British reggae-rock bassist (Musical Youth - "Pass the Dutchie"), dies of heart defect at 24
- Feb 19 Gerhard Gesell, American judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82
- Feb 20 Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian auto-designer (Lamborghini), dies at 76
- Feb 21 Dick White, British intelligence officer (Director General of MI5 1953–1956; Head of the Secret Intelligence Service 1956–1968), dies at 86
- Feb 21 Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist and founding editor of Mad magazine, dies at 68
- Feb 21 Inge Lehmann, Danish geophysicist and seismologist, dies at 104
- Feb 22 Jean Lecanuet, French UDF-presidential candidate, dies at 72
- Feb 22 Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/procureur-general (Aruba), dies at 63
- Feb 23 Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33
- Feb 24 Bobby Moore, English football defender (108 caps; captain World Cup 1966; West Ham United), dies of bowel & liver cancer at 51
- Feb 24 Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (Hockey Night in Canada), dies at 75
- Feb 25 Eddie Constantine, American singer and actor (Alphaville, License to Kill, Lucky Jo, It Lives Again), dies from a heart attack at 79
- Feb 25 Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor, dies
- Feb 25 Mary Walter, Filipino actress (Shake, Rattle and Roll, Tatlo, Dalawa, Isa), dies at 80
- Feb 25 Toy Caldwell, American Southern-rock musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies of cocaine induced cardio-respiratory failure at 45
- Feb 26 Constance Ford, American model and actress (Burden Hunt, Another World), dies from cancer at 69
- Feb 26 Fletcher Knebel, American author (Seven Days in May), commits suicide following long bout with cancer at 81
- Feb 26 Mark Kolthoff, Dutch painter and photographer, dies at 92
- Feb 27 Jose Duval, actor (Juan Valdez), dies at 72
- Feb 27 Lillian Gish, American silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 99
- Feb 27 Marģeris Zariņš, Latvian composer and writer, dies at 82
- Feb 27 Marlena Davis, American pop singer (The Orlons - "Don't Hang Up"; "South Street"), dies of lung cancer at 48
- Feb 28 Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies
- Feb 28 Franco Brusati, Italian dir/writer (Bread & Chocolate), dies at 70
- Feb 28 Ishirō Honda, Japanese film director and producer (Godzilla), dies at 81
- Feb 28 Joyce Carey, British actress (Brief Encounter, The Cedar Tree), dies at 94
- Feb 28 Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (42nd Street; Dames), dies of kidney cancer at 83
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