Music History
Feb 1 Benny Goodman and his Orchestra record "And the Angels Sing", a reworking of trumpeter Ziggy Elman's "Fralich in Swing", with Martha Tilton singing lyrics added by Johnny Mercer, for Victor Records in NYC; it becomes a chart topper
Stagecoach Premieres
Feb 10 "Stagecoach" western film directed by John Ford, starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne, premieres in Miami
Film & TV History
Feb 14 Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of film "Gone With The Wind"
- Feb 15 German battleship Bismarck was launched
The Little Foxes
Feb 15 Lillian Hellman's play "The Little Foxes" premieres in New York City
Netherlands Recognizes Franco Regime
Feb 22 Netherlands recognizes Francisco Franco's dictatorial regime in Spain
Academy Awards
Feb 23 11th Academy Awards: "You Can’t Take It With You", Spencer Tracy & Bette Davis wins
- Feb 24 Roy Harris' 3rd Symphony premieres in Boston
- Feb 25 1st Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected in an Islington garden
- Feb 27 Belgian government of Pierlot falls
- Feb 27 Borley Rectory, "the most haunted house in England", destroyed in a fire
- Feb 27 Britain and France recognize Francisco Franco's government in Spain
- Feb 27 Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes
- Feb 28 The erroneous word "Dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
- Feb 28 The first issue of Serbian weekly magazine Politikin zabavnik is published.
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