- Feb 1 Harvey Wilcox of Ks subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern California & starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood)
- Feb 2 First Groundhog Day observed at Gobbler's Knob, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
- Feb 3 To avoid disputed national elections, the US Congress creates Electoral Count Act
- Feb 4 Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads
"Otello"
Feb 5 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy, Verdi's first new opera for over 15 years
- Feb 5 Snow falls on San Francisco
- Feb 8 Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minnesota becomes the 1st US ski club
- Feb 8 The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments. Those who accepted allotments and lived separately from the tribe were granted United States citizenship.
- Feb 14 Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000
- Feb 16 1st newspaper convention held in Rochester, NY
- Feb 16 Dutch writer Multatuli writes his last text
- Feb 20 Germany, Austria-Hungary & France end Triple Alliance
- Feb 21 1st US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)
- Feb 21 Oregon becomes 1st US state to make Labor Day a holiday
- Feb 22 Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati
- Feb 23 French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die
- Feb 23 US Congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco
Cricket History
Feb 26 George Lohmann took 1st 8-wkt haul in test cricket, 8-35 at Sydney Cricket Ground
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