- Feb 1 -50°F (-46°C), Gavilan, New Mexico (state record)
- Feb 1 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated
- Feb 1 1st telecast of an atomic explosion
- Feb 1 Alfred Krupp & 28 other German war criminals freed
- Feb 1 UN condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea
- Feb 1 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Feb 2 -35°F (-37°C), Greensburg, Indiana (state record until 1994)
- Feb 2 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Feb 3 "Victor Borge Show" debuts on NBC TV
- Feb 3 Dick Button wins US skating title for 6th time
- Feb 3 Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle
Event of Interest
Feb 3 Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo" premieres in NYC
Tennessee Williams
Event of Interest
Feb 6 Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into Argonne National Laboratory, a nuclear test site located 20 miles (32 km) west of Chicago
Paul Harvey
- Feb 6 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Argonne Atomic Lab (Ill), to demonstrate lax in security
- Feb 9 St Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45
- Feb 10 "John and Marsha" by Stan Freberg, a parody of daytime soap operas which had only two voices repeating each other's names, peaks at #21 in the USA
Election of Interest
Feb 11 Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election in the Gold Coast (Ghana)
Kwame Nkrumah
Event of Interest
Feb 14 Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta & takes middleweight title
Sugar Ray Robinson
Event of Interest
Feb 17 Detroit right wing Gordie Howe scores his 100th career NHL goal and adds an assist in a 2-1 Red Wings' victory away to the Montreal Canadiens
Gordie Howe
- Feb 18 3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes
- Feb 18 Nepal becomes a constitutional monarchy
- Feb 18 Netherlands Radio School forms
- Feb 21 SC House urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated
- Feb 22 4th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "All About Eve" Best Film
- Feb 24 "Bless You All" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 84 performances
- Feb 24 Ice Pairs Championship at Milan won by Ria Baran & Paul Falk of GER
- Feb 24 Ladies' Figure Skating Champion in Milan won by Jeanette Altwegg of Great Britain
- Feb 24 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button of USA
- Feb 25 "Michael Todd's Peep Show" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 278 performances
- Feb 25 1st Pan American Games opens (Buenos Aires Argentina)
- Feb 26 Bread rationing in Czechoslovakia begins
- Feb 27 22nd amendment ratified, limiting US Presidents to 2 terms
- Feb 28 French government of Pleven dissolves
- Feb 28 Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates
Golden Globes
Feb 28 8th Golden Globes: "Sunset Boulevard", Jose Ferrer, & Gloria Swanson win
Gloria Swanson
José Ferrer