Music Premiere
Feb 1 Arnold Schoenberg's opera "Von heute auf morgen" ("From Today to Tomorrow") premieres at the Oper Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany
Historic Event
Feb 3 William Howard Taft resigns as US chief justice for health reasons
- Feb 3 The Indochinese Communist Party of Vietnam is established
- Feb 4 1st tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans
- Feb 5 5th Aliyah to Israel begins
- Feb 8 "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
- Feb 10 Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress
- Feb 15 Wenona Mustangs beat Toluca Wildcats in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes, 26-22
- Feb 17 French government of André Tardieu falls for the first time
- Feb 18 Cow flown & milked, milk sealed in paper containers & parachuted
- Feb 18 Luigi Pirandello's "Come Tu Mi Vuoi" premieres in Milan
Music Premiere
Feb 18 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Simple Simon" premieres in NYC
- Feb 18 US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
Historic Event
Feb 21 Marc Connelly's "Green Pastures" premieres in NYC
- Feb 25 Check photographing device patented
- Feb 25 Brilliant West Indian cricket batsman George Headley completes twin tons (114 & 112) in 3rd Test win against England at Georgetown, British Guiana
- Feb 26 Play "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater
- Feb 26 1st red & green traffic lights installed in Manhattan, NYC
- Feb 26 West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England
- Feb 27 Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency