- Feb 2 NYC's Grand Central Terminal opens
Event of Interest
Feb 2 American poet Joyce Kilmer writes his famous poem "Trees" in Mahwah, New Jersey
Joyce Kilmer
- Feb 3 16th Amendment to the US Constitution, federal income tax, ratified
- Feb 4 Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim
- Feb 4 National Institute of Arts & Letters founded
- Feb 9 -18] 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die
- Feb 10 Edward Sheldon's "Romance" premieres in NYC
- Feb 15 1st avant-garde art show in America opens in NYC
Agreement of Interest
Feb 16 US President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico
William Howard Taft
- Feb 17 1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon)
Event of Interest
Feb 18 French modernist painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" by Marcel Duchamp causes an uproar when shown in New York
Marcel Duchamp
- Feb 18 President Francisco Madero of Mexico is overthrown
- Feb 19 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box
- Feb 19 Mexican General Victoriano Huerta takes power with US support
- Feb 20 King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Australian capital Canberra
- Feb 25 The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution becomes law, providing the legal basis for the institution of a graduated income tax