- Feb 1 German Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz announces unrestricted submarine warfare against allied shipping
Sinking of USS Housatonic
Feb 3 US ocean liner Housatonic is sunk by a German submarine, on the same day that US President Woodrow Wilson breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany
Pershing's Troops Leave Mexico
Feb 5 The last of the American troops commanded by General John Pershing leave Mexico; President Carranza will be assassinated within the next year
- Feb 15 San Francisco Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated
- Feb 16 1st synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid
- Feb 17 In Australia, Nationalist Party takes over a coalition government
- Feb 18 First major strike of the Russian "February Revolution" starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd [NS=Mar 3]
Oh, Boy!
Feb 20 Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton & P. G. Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Boy!" opens at the Princess Theatre, NYC; runs for 463 performances
- Feb 21 British troopship SS Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 646 die
- Feb 22 German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships
- Feb 24 Red Sox sell Smokey Joe Wood, his arm dead at 26, to Cleveland for $15,000
- Feb 24 US Ambassador to Great Britain Walter Hines Page alerts President Woodrow Wilson of German plan to get Mexican help in WWI (Zimmermann telegram)
- Feb 26 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)
- Feb 26 1st jazz records recorded - "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" and "Livery Stable Blues" by Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company in NYC
Unrest in Petrograd
Feb 26 Russian February Revolution: Tsar Nicolas II orders army to quell civil unrest in Petrograd - army mutinies [NS Mar 11]
- Feb 28 AP reports Mexico & Japan will allie with Germany if US enters WW I
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