"Von heute auf morgen"
Feb 1 Arnold Schoenberg's opera "Von heute auf morgen" ("From Today to Tomorrow") premieres at the Oper Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany
- Feb 3 The Indochinese Communist Party of Vietnam is established
Taft Resigns
Feb 3 William Howard Taft resigns as US chief justice for health reasons
- Feb 4 1st tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans
- Feb 5 5th Aliyah to Israel begins
- Feb 8 "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
- Feb 10 Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress
- Feb 15 Wenona Mustangs beat Toluca Wildcats in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes, 26-22
- Feb 17 French government of André Tardieu falls for the first time
- Feb 18 Cow flown & milked, milk sealed in paper containers & parachuted
- Feb 18 Luigi Pirandello's "Come Tu Mi Vuoi" premieres in Milan
Simple Simon
Feb 18 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Simple Simon" premieres in NYC
- Feb 18 US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
Green Pastures
Feb 21 Marc Connelly's play "Green Pastures" premieres in NYC
Cricket History
Feb 25 Brilliant West Indian cricket batsman George Headley completes twin tons (114 & 112) in 3rd Test win against England at Georgetown, British Guiana
- Feb 25 Check photographing device patented
- Feb 26 1st red & green traffic lights installed in Manhattan, NYC
- Feb 26 Marc Connelly's stage drama "The Green Pastures", bible stories through the eyes of Southern Black child, opens at Mansfield Theater, NYC; runs for 640 performances and wins a Pulitzer Prize
- Feb 26 West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England
- Feb 27 Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency
Admirals
Aviators
Gangsters
Generals
Industrialists
Suffragists