- Feb 1 Heiss sisters go 1-2 in US women's Figure Skating C'ships; defending champion Carol wins from Nancy; David Jenkins wins his third straight men's title
- Feb 1 Outfielder Zack Wheat, a Brooklyn Robins favourite of the 1910s and 1920s, is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame; Wheat hit .317 over 19-year career, and batted .300 or better 14 times
Goggin Wins
Feb 1 Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: Willie Goggin, using a borrowed set of woods, wins by 1 stroke ahead of Leland Gibson, Paul Runyan and Denny Shute
- Feb 1 Swiss men vote against voting rights for women
- Feb 1 WVUE TV channel 8 in New Orleans, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Holly's Last Performance
Feb 2 Buddy Holly's last performance at Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa [1]
Lombardi to the Packers
Feb 2 Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach NFL Green Bay Packers
- Feb 3 "The Day the Music Died" plane crash kills musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, J. P. Richardson (aka The Big Bopper), and the pilot. near Clear Lake, Iowa
- Feb 3 American Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65
- Feb 4 Israel begins exporting copper ore
- Feb 5 Albert Hague and Dorothy Fields' musical "Redhead", starring Gwen Verdon and Richard Kiley, opens at the 46th Street Theatre, NYC; runs for 455 performances and wins 6 Tony Awards
- Feb 5 Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide
- Feb 6 1st successful test-fire of Titan ICBM
Morrow Interviews Castro
Feb 6 Edward R. Morrow interviews Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro on his "Person to Person" program
Historic Invention
Feb 6 Texas Instruments files for a patent for it's first integrated circuit (IC), invented by Jack Kilby
- Feb 7 American pilots Bob Timm and John Cook break recently set airplane flight endurance record, exceeding 1550 hours (64 days, 22 hours, and 19 minutes), landing "The Hacienda", their modified Cessna 172 where they started, in Las Vegas, Nevada [1]
- Feb 7 Fidel Castro proclaims new Cuban constitution
- Feb 7 Mark Charlap and Norman Gimbel's musical "Whoop-Up", starring Julienne Marie and Sylvia Syms, closes at Shubert Theater, NYC, after 56 performances
- Feb 10 Dutch Princess Wilhelmina publishes "Lonely, but not alone"
- Feb 10 Tornado in St Louis kills 19 & injures 265
- Feb 11 Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi)
- Feb 12 The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the "sheaves of wheat" design
- Feb 13 Miro Cardon, premier of Cuba, resigns
- Feb 14 $3.6 million heroin seizure in NYC
Italian History
Feb 15 Antonio Segni forms Italian government
- Feb 16 Fidel Castro becomes the 16th Prime Minister of Cuba after overthrowing Fulgencio Batista
- Feb 16 Leonard Spigelgass' "Majority of One" premieres in NYC
- Feb 17 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg
- Feb 19 Britain, Turkey & Greece sign agreement granting Cyprus independence
- Feb 19 Gabon adopts its constitution
- Feb 19 USAF rocket-powered rail sled attains Mach 4.1 (4970 kph), at Holloman AFB, New Mexico
Avro Arrow is Cancelled
Feb 20 Canada's program to design and manufacture the supersonic jet fighter the Avro Arrow is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate [1]
Hendrix Plays First Gig
Feb 20 Jimi Hendrix (16), rock and roll guitarist, plays his first gig in the Temple De Hirsch synagogue basement, Seattle; fired from the band after the 1st set due to "wild" playing
- Feb 28 "Goldilocks" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 performances
The Ollie Matson Trade
Feb 28 Chicago Cardinals trade running back Ollie Matson to the LA Rams for an unprecedented 9 players
- Feb 28 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs USA won by Denny & Jones of Great Britain
- Feb 28 Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul of Canada, their 3rd title
- Feb 28 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Carol Heiss USA
- Feb 28 Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit
- Feb 28 Men's World Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA
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