Meeting of Interest
Feb 1 Northern Ireland PM Chichester-Clark meets British Home Secretary James Callaghan to discuss the economy of Northern Ireland
James Callaghan
NHL Record
Feb 1 Rangers' goalie Terry Sawchuk records his 447th (and final) victory, and 103rd career shutout when New York beats the Pittsburgh Penguins, 6-0; both are NHL records at the time
Terry Sawchuk
Event of Interest
Feb 2 Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points
Pete Maravich
Golden Globes
Feb 2 27th Golden Globes: Anne of the Thousand Days, John Wayne, & Genevieve Bujold
John Wayne
Film Premier
Feb 4 "Patton" directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring George C. Scott premieres in New York (Academy Awards Best Picture 1971)
George S. Patton
George C. Scott
- Feb 5 1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six
- Feb 5 Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa v Australia, Durban
- Feb 5 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Feb 5 WSCV TV channel 51 in Fort Lauderdale, FL (IND) suspends broadcasting
- Feb 6 Graeme Pollock completes 274 v Australia at Durban
- Feb 6 NBA expands to 18 teams with Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston & Portland
- Feb 7 "Hollywood Palace" last airs on ABC TV
- Feb 7 "Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies
- Feb 7 LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause
- Feb 7 US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
- Feb 7 US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood
- Feb 10 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH (state record)
- Feb 10 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel at Val d'Isere, France, killing 40 Belgian, French, & German youths
- Feb 11 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington, NH (state 24-hr rec)
- Feb 11 Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite (Osumi) in orbit
Event of Interest
Feb 11 John Lennon pays £1,344 fines for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland
John Lennon
- Feb 12 Anthony Shaffer's "Sleuth" premieres in NYC
- Feb 13 Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48, 80 km from New Delhi
- Feb 13 NL offices begins move from Cincinnati to San Francisco (completed Feb 23)
- Feb 13 16th National Film Awards (India): "Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne" wins the Golden Lotus
- Feb 14 "Gantry" closes at George Abbott Theater NYC after 1 performance
Event of Interest
Feb 15 Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater
Ard Schenk
Boxing Title Fight
Feb 16 Joe Frazier TKOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
Joe Frazier
Event of Interest
Feb 18 US President Richard Nixon launches the "Nixon doctrine"
Richard Nixon
Event of Interest
Feb 19 AL Cy Young Award winner Denny McLain suspended for bookmaking
Denny McLain
- Feb 19 USSR launches Sputnik 52 & Molniya 1-13 communications satellite
- Feb 21 Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand"
- Feb 21 Pathet Lao conquers Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy
- Feb 22 "Charles Aznavour" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 23 performances
- Feb 22 12th Daytona 500: Pete Hamilton wins by just 3 car lengths over David Pearson, after passing him with 9 laps to go
- Feb 23 Guyana becomes a republic (National Day)
- Feb 23 Holy Eucharist given by women for 1st time in Roman Catholic service
- Feb 24 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)
- Feb 24 Heintje Simons (14) wins 7 gold records
- Feb 24 KVDO TV channel 3 in Salem, OR (IND) begins broadcasting
- Feb 26 "Georgy" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 4 performances
- Feb 26 Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album
- Feb 27 NY Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance
- Feb 28 "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 4 performances
- Feb 28 Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
- Feb 28 Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53)
- Feb 28 KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast
- Feb 28 WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting