Events in History
- Feb 1 1st commercial armored car introduced (St Paul, Minn)
- Feb 1 Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police
- Feb 2 Estonia declares its Independence from Russia (Dorpat Peace)
- Feb 2 France occupies (German) Memel territory
- Feb 2 Tarto/Dorpat peace treaty: USSR recognizes Estonian independence
- Feb 4 1st flight from London to South Africa departs (takes 1½ months)
- Feb 6 Saarland administrated by League of Nations
- Feb 7 Russian Imperial Navy Admiral Kolchak, leader of anti-communist "White Movement" executed by Bolshevik firing squad in Irkutsk, Russian SFSR
- Feb 8 Bolshevik troops capture Odessa, bringing an end to foreign involvement in the resistance against Bolshevik rule
- Feb 8 Swiss men vote against women's suffrage
- Feb 9 International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
- Feb 10 Jozef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea
- Feb 12 -Apr 26] 14,000 Rotterdam/Amsterdam harbor workers strike
- Feb 12 NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission
- Feb 13 League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland, allowing Switzerland to rejoin the League
- Feb 14 League of Women Voters forms in Chicago
- Feb 19 Netherlands joins League of Nations
- Feb 22 1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track (Emeryville, California)
- Feb 24 NSDAP begins at Hofbrauhaus Munich
- Feb 24 Peace treaty gives Estonia independence
- Feb 28 Austria adopts a new constitution and becomes a kingdom again
- Feb 29 Trying to maintain independence from Germany and the USSR, Czechoslovakia adopts a constitution
Birthdays in History
- Feb 1 Kenneth Bond, former vice-chairman
- Feb 1 Zao Wou-Ki, Chinese French painter (Juin-Octobre 1985), born in Beijing, China (d. 2013)
- Feb 3 George A. Miller, cognitive psychologist (the magical number seven), born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 2012)
- Feb 3 Henry Heimlich, Surgeon and inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 2016)
- Feb 4 Derek Worlock, English Roman Catholic Archbishop Liverpool, born in London (d. 1996)
- Feb 6 James H. Scheuer, American politician (Rep-D-NY, 1965-73, 75- 93), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2005)
- Feb 7 An Wang, Chinese-American computer engineer (Wang Labs; Wang Computers), born in Shanghai, China (d. 1990)
- Feb 10 Alexander Comfort, English poet/writer (Wreath for the Living)
- Feb 10 J Heslop-Harrison, botanist
- Feb 11 Daniel F[rancis] Galouye, American sci-fi author (Dark Universe, Last Leap)
- Feb 11 Farouk I, Cairo, last King of Egypt (1936-52)
- Feb 11 Paul Peter Piech, artist
- Feb 12 William Roscoe Estep, American academic, Baptist minister, and church historian, born in Williamsburg, Kentucky (d. 2000)
- Feb 15 Endicott Peabody, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1997)
- Feb 15 Piet van Aken, Flemish writer (Klinkaart, Het begeren), born in Terhagen, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1984
- Feb 15 Richard O'Brien, CEO (Manpower Services Commission)
- Feb 16 Anna Mae Hays [McCabe], American military officer and US military's 1st female General, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2018)
- Feb 16 Hubert van Herreweghen, Flemish writer/journalist
- Feb 17 Trevor Oswald Ling, English religious studies, born in London, England (d. 1995)
- Feb 19 C. Z. Guest, American socialite and fashion icon, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2003)
- Feb 19 Frances Bairstow, American educator and labor relations arbitrator, born in Racine, Wisconsin (d. 2013)
- Feb 19 Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (d. 2007)
- Feb 20 Evgeny Dragunov, Russian weapons designer (d. 1991)
- Feb 23 David Wright, South African-British poet (Deafness: A Personal Account), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1994)
- Feb 23 John St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan, English peer (St Michael's Mount), born in London (d. 2013)
- Feb 23 Paul Gérin-Lajoie, French Canadian politician
- Feb 24 Frank Rogers, CEO (NPA Telegraph)
- Feb 25 Antony Duff, British WWII submarine commander, diplomat, (1946-80), intelligence officer (Director of MI5, 1985-88), and advocate for the homeless, born in Moreton, Dorset, England (d. 2000)
- Feb 25 Gérard Bessette, Canadian author (d. 2005)
- Feb 25 Sun Myung Moon, South Korean evangelist (Unification Church), born in Chongju, Japanese Korea (d. 2012)
- Feb 26 Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (d. 2006)
- Feb 28 Jim Olin, American politician (Rep-D-VA, 1983-93), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2006)
- Feb 28 Marjorie Sweeting, English geomorphologist (d. 1994)
- Feb 29 Louise Wood, director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72)
Deaths in History
- Feb 7 Alexander Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian Imperial Navy Admiral, polar explorer, and anti-communist leader, dies at 45
- Feb 8 Richard Dehmel, German poet and writer, dies at 56
- Feb 12 Jean Allemane, French socialist/communard (allemanisten), dies at 77
- Feb 12 Ottalee Baker, Frank "Home Run" Baker's wife, dies at 31
- Feb 20 Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint and youngest witness of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fátima, dies in the flu epidemic at 9
Robert Peary (1856-1920)
Feb 20 American arctic explorer who claimed to have 1st reached geographic North Pole (Apr 6 1909), dies at 63
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