Event of Interest
Feb 3 US President John F. Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs
John F. Kennedy
- 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
Event of Interest
Feb 14 US 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
- Feb 15 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Music Premiere
Feb 16 Darius Milhaud's 12th Symphony premieres
Darius Milhaud
Event of Interest
Feb 17 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs St Louis Hawks
Wilt Chamberlain
John Glenn Orbits Earth
Feb 20 John Glenn becomes the 1st American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7
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- Feb 21 Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen, Netherlands
- Feb 22 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts
- 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
Event of Interest
Feb 25 Robert F. Kennedy visits Netherlands
Robert F. Kennedy
- Feb 25 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs NY Knicks for the second year in a row
- 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
Ngô Đình Diệm
- Feb 28 WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN