- Feb 1 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline
Event of Interest
Feb 1 Felix Wankel's first working prototype DKM 54 of the rotary Wankel engine was running at the NSU research and development department Versuchsabteilung TX in Germany
- Feb 1 Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam
- Feb 1 MLB club owners accept new 5-year pension plan proposed by the players, but reject request to increase minimum salary from $6,000 to $7,500
- Feb 2 "Candide" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 73 performances
- Feb 2 UN adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt
- Feb 4 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY)
Shostakovich 2nd Piano Concert
Feb 5 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 2nd Piano Concert
- Feb 11 KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
Election of Interest
Feb 11 NHL Players Association forms (NYC), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president
Conference of Interest
Feb 14 Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans with Martin Luther King Jr. as its President
- Feb 15 Andrei Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Seventh Seal
Feb 16 Swedish film classic "The Seventh Seal" directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Max von Sydow and Bengt Ekerot is released
- Feb 16 The "Toddlers' Truce", a controversial television close down between 6 and 7 pm, abolished in the United Kingdom
- Feb 17 A fire at a home for the elderly in Warrenton, Missouri kills 72 people.
- Feb 18 Kenyan freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi executed by hanging by the British colonial government
- Feb 20 Hughie Tayfield takes 9-113 v England, 13 wkts for match
- Feb 21 Dodgers (Fort Worth) & Cubs (LA) "trade" minor league franchises
- Feb 22 Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win
- Feb 22 Walter O'Malley says Dodgers may play 10 exhibitions in California in 1958
Music History
Feb 23 Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, and George David Weiss's musical "Mr Wonderful", with Sammy Davis Jr. and his father Sammy Davis Sr., closes at Broadway Theater, NYC, after 383 performances
- Feb 23 The founding congress of the Senegalese Popular Bloc is opened in Dakar
Cricket Record
Feb 25 Buddy Holly and the Crickets record their smash hit "That'll Be the Day" in Clovis, New Mexico
- Feb 25 US Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport
Conference of Interest
Feb 27 Mao Zedong's famous speech to the Supreme State Conference "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" expounding Maoist ideals
- Feb 27 Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X": "Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC (until X-Files)
Golden Globes
Feb 28 14th Golden Globes: The King and I, Kirk Douglas, & Ingrid Bergman win
Sports History
Feb 28 Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory
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