- Feb 1 Soviet Union begins new offensive against Finland
- Feb 1 NBC performs the first inter-city television broadcast from its station in New York City to another in Schenectady, New York by General Electric relay antennas.
Event of Interest
Feb 2 Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indianapolis (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra)

Frank Sinatra

Tommy Dorsey
- Feb 5 General Winckelman replaces Gen Reijnders as Dutch supreme commander
Event of Interest
Feb 5 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction"

Glenn Miller
Film Premier
Feb 7 Walt Disney's second feature length movie, "Pinocchio" premieres (NYC)

Walt Disney
- Feb 10 "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller hits #1
Event of Interest
Feb 10 "Tom & Jerry" cartoon created by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera debut by MGM

William Hanna

Joseph Barbera

Donald Bradman
- Feb 14 British merchant vessel fleet is armed
- Feb 16 British search plane finds German supply ship Altmark, used to accommodate allied sailors from vessels sunk by the Graf Spee off Norway
- Feb 17 Altmark Incident: Crew of the British destroyer "Cossack" board German "Altmark" in Jøssingfjord, Norway, releasing 299 British prisoners after hand-to-hand fighting with bayonets and the last recorded Royal Naval action with cutlass
- Feb 20 Larry Clinton & his Orchestra record "Limehouse Blues"
- Feb 22 Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island
- Feb 22 German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578
- Feb 23 Russian troops conquer Lasi Island
- Feb 23 Walt Disney's animated movie "Pinocchio" released
- Feb 24 Frances Langford records "When You Wish Upon a Star"
- Feb 25 1st televised (W2XBS, NYC) hockey game (Rangers vs Canadians)
- Feb 26 US Air Defense Command forms at Mitchel Field, LI, NY
- Feb 27 Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14 (radiocarbon dating) at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California
- Feb 28 1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)
- Feb 28 Richard Wright's "Native Son" published
- Feb 28 US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 African American (9.8%))
- Feb 29 Frederic from G & S "Pirates of Penzance" finally released by pirate
Event of Interest
Feb 29 Hattie McDaniel becomes 1st African American woman to win an Oscar for "Gone with the Wind"

Hattie McDaniel
Academy Awards
Feb 29 12th Academy Awards: "Gone with the Wind" wins eight Oscars, Robert Donat & Vivien Leigh also win

Vivien Leigh

Robert Donat
- Feb 29 Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations
Golf Tournament
Feb 29 American golfer Jimmy Demaret wins his third PGA Tour event within an 8-day span, taking the St. Petersburg Open by 1 stroke from Byron Nelson

Byron Nelson
- Feb 29 Detroit's Cecil "Tiny" Thompson becomes first goaltender in NHL history to play 40 (or more) games for 12 straight seasons; milestone comes in a 3-1 Red Wings loss at Toronto