Historic Event
Feb 3 US President John F. Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs
- Feb 4 "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 113 performances
- Feb 4 Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game
- Feb 4 US female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles
- Feb 4 US male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt
- Feb 5 French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence
- Feb 5 Suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racial segregated" schools, filed
- Feb 5 Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn all within 16 degrees
- Feb 6 Schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named
- Feb 7 Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298
- Feb 7 US President JFK begins blockade of Cuba by banning all Cuban imports and exports.
- Feb 8 KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Feb 8 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Feb 8 In Paris, 8 people killed at a protest against independence for the French colony Algeria
- Feb 9 Jamaica signs agreement to become independent
- Feb 9 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Feb 10 Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA
- Feb 10 USSR swaps spy Francis Gary Power to US for Rudolph Abel
- Feb 12 Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia
Historic Event
Feb 14 US 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV
- Feb 15 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Music Premiere
Feb 16 Darius Milhaud's 12th Symphony premieres
- Feb 16 "La Jetée", French film directed by Chris Marker, starring Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich and Jacques Ledoux, is released
- Feb 17 Storm in Hamburg kills 265
- Feb 18 France & Algerian Muslims negotiate truce to end 7 year war
- Feb 18 4th Daytona 500: Race winner Fireball Roberts dominates the event, leading 144 of the 200 laps
- Feb 19 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
John Glenn Orbits Earth
Feb 20 John Glenn becomes the 1st American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7
- Feb 21 Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen, Netherlands
NBA Record
Feb 22 Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free-throw attempts (converts 19) in Warriors 139-121 win over St. Louis Hawks at Philadelphia Civic Center
- Feb 23 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Feb 24 "New Faces of '62" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 28 performances
- Feb 24 "Sail Away" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 167 performances
- Feb 24 General mobilization in Indonesia over New Guinea
- Feb 24 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Feb 25 India Congress Party wins elections
- Feb 25 Mike O'Hara completes record 97th marathon
Historic Event
Feb 25 Robert F. Kennedy visits Netherlands
- Feb 25 Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scores 67 points against NY Knicks at Philadelphia Civic Center for the second successive year; Warriors lose 149-135
- Feb 26 Arthur Kopit's "Oh, Dad, Poor Dad . . ." premieres in NYC
- Feb 26 US Supreme court disallows race separation on public transportation
Assassination Attempt
Feb 27 South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm's palace bombed by dissident air pilots in a failed assassination attempt
- Feb 28 WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN