- Feb 1 KHJ-AM in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KRTH
"Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood"
Feb 2 "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" closes at Ritz NYC after 13 performances
Dalai Lama Meets the Pope
Feb 2 Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India
- Feb 2 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 28-24; MVP: Phil Simms, NY Giants, QB
- Feb 2 Oscar Arias Sanchez elected president of Costa Rica
- Feb 3 OPEC fails to agree upon a petroleum production agreement after a 2 day meeting in Vienna
Pixar Animation
Feb 3 Pixar Animation Studios (Toy Story; The Incredibles) headed by Edwin Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith, is spun off from Lucasfilm, Ltd as an independent film production company, with backing of Steve Jobs
Pope Meets With Mother Teresa
Feb 3 The Pope and Mother Teresa meet in Calcutta
Challenger Inquiry
Feb 3 US President Ronald Reagan announces formation of commission of enquiry on Challenger Accident
38th NHL All-Star Game
Feb 4 38th NHL All-Star Game, Hartford Civic Centre: Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference, 4-3 (OT); MVP: Grant Fuhr, Edmonton Oilers, G
- Feb 4 Israeli fighters intercept Libyan passenger airliner
Aquino and Marcos on "Nighline"
Feb 5 Corazon Aquino & Ferdinand Marcos appear on "Nightline"
Marcos's Fraudulent Election
Feb 7 Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos
Duvalier Flees
Feb 7 Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France: Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti
- Feb 7 US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas
Hannah and Her Sisters
Feb 7 Woody Allen film "Hannah and Her Sisters" starring Mia Farrow, Michael Caine, Dianne Wiest and an ensemble cast is released in the US
- Feb 8 1984 Summer Olympics LAPD bomb squad chief Arleigh McCree, and his partner Officer Ronald Ball of the Firearms and explosives unit are killed while trying to dismantle two pipe bombs
- Feb 8 5' 7" Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition
A Better Tomorrow
Feb 8 Jon Woo's action film "A Better Tomorrow", starring Chow Yun-fat, premieres in Hong Kong
Boitano US Champion
Feb 8 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
36th NBA All-Star Game
Feb 9 36th NBA All-Star Game, Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX: East beats West, 139-132; MVP: Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons, G
- Feb 9 Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun)
- Feb 9 Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed president of South Yemen
- Feb 9 Marvin Johnson stops Leslie Stewart in 7 rounds in Indianapolis to win WBA light heavyweight boxing title; record 3rd time he regains a version of light heavyweight crown
- Feb 9 Tomb of Tutanchamon's treasurer Maya found in Egypt
- Feb 9 West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17)
John Lennon: Live in NYC
Feb 10 "John Lennon: Live in NYC" album is released posthumously
- Feb 11 Activist Anatoly Scharansky released by USSR, leaves country
Cricket History
Feb 11 Australia beat India 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup, David Boon scores the most runs in the series (418)
- Feb 11 Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq
Cricket Debut
Feb 12 1st-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Is vs Guyana
- Feb 14 36th Berlin International Film Festival: "Stammheim" wins the Golden Bear
- Feb 15 44,180 largest NBA crowd to date-Philadelphia at Detroit
- Feb 15 National Assembly of the Philippines proclaims Ferdinand Marcos President for six more years after rigged elections against Corazon Aquino, supercharging the EDSA people power revolution [1]
- Feb 16 "Uptown... It's Hot!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 24 performances
Daytona 500
Feb 16 28th Daytona 500: Geoff Bodine wins on fuel mileage after Dale Earnhardt forced to pit for gas with 3 laps to go, then blows engine leaving the pits
- Feb 16 Dutch speed skater Hein Vergeer becomes World Allround champion for the second time
- Feb 16 French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad
- Feb 16 Karlstad skates world record 10 km (14:12.14)
Election of Interest
Feb 16 Mário Soares from the Socialist Party is elected the 1st civilian President of Portugal
Senior PGA Championship
Feb 16 Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: South African Gary Player wins first of 6 Senior Tour major titles with a 2 stroke victory over runner-up Lee Elder
- Feb 17 1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles
- Feb 17 Howard Stern radio show returns to NYC morning radio (WXRK 92.3 FM)
- Feb 17 Johnson & Johnson announces it will no longer sell capsule drugs
- Feb 17 Libyan bombers attack N'djamena Airport in Chad
Film & TV History
Feb 18 Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner: he died of smoking-induced lung cancer on 10th October 1985
- Feb 18 San Antonio guard Alvin Robertson scores NBA's 2nd quadruple double-20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists & 10 steals in 120-114 win over Phoenix Suns
- Feb 19 King Hussein of Jordan severs ties with PLO
- Feb 19 US Senate ratifies UN's anti-genocide convention 37 years later
- Feb 19 USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit
Sports History
Feb 20 LA Dodger Orel Hershiser is 1st to win a $1M salary by arbitration
Sports History
Feb 20 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany, New York
Sports History
Feb 23 Despite losing, Boston Red Sox Wade Boggs gets largest arbitration in MLB history, $1.35M
- Feb 23 Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 60 m indoor (7.00 sec)
- Feb 24 Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million
Grammy Awards
Feb 25 28th Grammy Awards: "We Are the World", Sade, Phil Collins win
- Feb 25 Corazon Aquino becomes President of the Philippines; dictator Ferdinand Marcos flees the country
- Feb 25 Iran conquers Iraqi Fao peninsula
- Feb 25 Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotels
- Feb 26 Evert van Benthem wins 14th Frisian 11-Cities skating race (6:55:16)
- Feb 26 People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
- Feb 27 The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis
- Feb 28 European Economic Community signs "Special Act" for Europe free trade
- Feb 28 Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs
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