Events in Sport
- Feb 1 Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play a 10-inning, 3-3 tie in Cairo, Egypt in an exhibition baseball game; part of special 56-game world tour
Event of Interest
Feb 7 Charlie Chaplin debuts silent film character The Tramp in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"
Charlie Chaplin
Birthdays in Sport
- Feb 6 Forrest Towns, American athlete (Olympic gold 110m hurdles 1936), born in Fitzgerald, Georgia (d. 1991)
- Feb 8 Bert Haas, baseball player
- Feb 9 Bill Veeck, American MLB owner, promoter (Brewers, White Sox, Indians, St. Louis Browns), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1986)
- Feb 14 Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer, coach, broadcaster (British Open 1948 3rd), born in Sydney, NSW (d. 2007)
- Feb 15 Arthur Sydney Martin, spy catcher
- Feb 21 Arnold S Denker, NY, US chess champion (1944-46)
- Feb 23 Theofiel Middelkamp, Dutch cyclist (d. 2005)
- Feb 25 John Arlott, British cricket commentator & writer (BBC), born in Basingstoke, England (d.1991)