Historical Events
Theater Premiere
Feb 26 Henrik Ibsen's play "Hedda Gabler" premieres in Oslo
- Feb 28 Oscar Grundén skates world record 500m (50.8 sec)
Famous Birthdays
Antonio Segni
Feb 2 Antonio Segni, Italian politician, Prime Minister of Italy (1955-57, 59-60, 62-64), born in Sassari, Sardinia (d. 1972)
- Feb 2 Frank Foyston, NHL Hall of Famer (Seattle)
- Feb 3 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice (1926-33)
- Feb 3 Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor and director (Great Neth Stage)
- Feb 4 Yuri Losmann, Estonia, marathon runner (Olympic-silver 1920)
- Feb 4 Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar, Speaker of Lok Sabha (d: 1978).
Elizabeth Ryan
Feb 5 Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player (26 Grand Slam doubles titles), born in Anaheim, California (d. 1979)
- Feb 5 Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum)
- Feb 7 Joachim Stutschewsky, Austrian-Israeli cellist, composer, and musicologist, born in Romni, Ukraine (d. 1982)
- Feb 7 Ann Little [Mary Brooks], American actress, born in Mount Shasta, California (d. 1984)
- Feb 9 Pietro Nenni, Italian socialist/minister of foreign affairs (1946-47)
Ronald Colman
Feb 9 Ronald Colman, English actor (Tale of 2 Cities), born in Richmond, England (d. 1958)
- Feb 10 Harold RLG, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Gov-gen of Canada (1945-52)
- Feb 11 J. W. Hearne, English cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 30 wickets, 1 x 100; Middlesex), born in Hillingdon, England (d. 1965)
- Feb 12 Cec Dixon, South African cricket fast-medium bowler (1 Test; 3 wickets; Transvaal), born in Potchefstroom, South Africa (d. 1969)
- Feb 12 Maurice Yvain, French operetta composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1965)
- Feb 12 Max Terhune, American actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice), born in Franklin, Indiana (d. 1973)
- Feb 13 Grant Wood, American painter (American Gothic), born near Anamosa, Iowa (d. 1942)
- Feb 13 Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (d. 1985)
- Feb 16 Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967)
- Feb 17 Georg Britting, German poet and writer (d. 1964)
- Feb 18 Chester Clute, NJ, actor (Niagra Falls)
- Feb 19 J C White, English cricket spin bowler (15 Tests, 49 wickets; 10-76 Somerset v Worcestershire 1921), born in Holford, England (d. 1961)
- Feb 20 Ivan Harold Browning, American stage and screen actor and singer (Shuffle Along - "I'm Just Wild About Harry"), born in Brenham, Texas (d. 1978)
- Feb 22 Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer (Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium)
- Feb 22 Vlas Chubar, Soviet politician (d. 1939)
- Feb 23 Harold Horder, Australian Rugby League player (d. 1978)
- Feb 26 Alan Bridge, American actor (North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1957)
- Feb 27 David Sarnoff, American radio and television pioneer (RCA, NBC), born in Uzlyany, Belarus, Russian Empire (d. 1971)
- Feb 27 Anne Samson, oldest-ever nun documented (d. 2004)
- Feb 27 Georges Migot, French composer, and poet (Les Agrestide; L'Arche), born in Paris (d. 1976)
Famous Deaths
William Tecumseh Sherman
Feb 14 William Tecumseh Sherman, American Major General in the Union Army, dies at 71
- Feb 15 Claudius W. Sears, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 74
- Feb 26 Ted Barratt, English cricket spin bowler (10-43 in tour match vs Australia 1878), dies from consumption at 46
- Feb 28 George Hearst, American businessman and politician (U.S. Senator from California), dies at 70
