Trygve Lie First Secretary General
Feb 1 Norwegian politician Trygve Lie elected the 1st Secretary General of the United Nations
- Feb 1 Republic of Hungary proclaims Zoltán Tildy as its communist president
- Feb 2 "Nellie Bly" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 16 performances
- Feb 2 The Proclamation of Hungarian Republic made
- Feb 4 Garson Kanin's "Born Yesterday" premieres in NYC
- Feb 5 The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea
- Feb 6 "Lute Song" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 142 performances
- Feb 7 Filibuster in US Senate kills FEPC (Fair Employment Practices Committee) bill
Bartók's 3rd Piano Concerto
Feb 8 Béla Bartók's 3rd Piano Concerto premieres in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy with György Sándor as piano soloist
Salazar Forbids Opposition
Feb 8 Portuguese Dictator António de Oliveira Salazar forbids opposition parties
- Feb 9 Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms
Lucky Luciano Deported
Feb 10 Charles "Lucky" Luciano is deported to Italy, and never returns to the United States
- Feb 11 World War II: The Royal Navy's Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 116 of 156 captured German U-boats
- Feb 13 "The Duchess Misbehaves" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 5 performances
- Feb 16 1st commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Feb 16 Frank Black's musical "The Duchess Misbehaves" closes at Adelphi Theater, NYC, after 5 performances
- Feb 17 Humanistic Covenant forms in Amsterdam
- Feb 19 New York Giants outfielder Danny Gardella is 1st major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican Baseball League for a fee of $10,000
- Feb 21 Anti-British demonstrations in Egypt
Election of Interest
Feb 24 General Juan Perón first elected President of Argentina
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