| February on this day... |
| Day | Year | Event |
| 1 | 1898 | 1st auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Co. |
| | 1964 | Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," 1st #1 hit & stays #1 for 7 weeks. |
| | 1968 | Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head. |
| | 1968 | Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of the Green Bay Packers. |
| 2 | 1876 | Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis. |
| | 1892 | Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter, Baltimore. |
| | 1933 | Two days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler disolves Parliament. |
| | 1959 | Buddy Holly's last performance. |
| | 1982 | "Late Night with David Letterman" premiers on NBC. |
| 3 | 1962 | Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome. |
| | 1977 | Apple Computer incorporated. |
| 4 | 1824 | J.W. Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to the public. |
| | 1938 | Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazi in key posts. |
| | 1983 | Karen Carpenter drummer/singer (Carpenters), dies at 32. |
| 5 | 1967 | "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premiers on CBS (later ABC, NBC). |
| 6 | 1933 | Highest recorded ocean wave (not tsunami), 112', in Pacific hurricane. |
| | 1935 | Board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for the 1st time. |
| | 1991 | Danny Thomas comedian/actor, dies at 76 from a heart attack. |
| 7 | 1940 | Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" released. |
| | 1949 | Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees). |
| | 1962 | Garth Brooks Tulsa Okla, country singer (Birthday). |
| | 1964 | Beatles land at NY's JFK airport, for 1st US tour. |
| | 1965 | US begins regular bombing & strafing of N Vietnam. |
| 8 | 1926 | Walt Disney Studios formed. |
| 9 | 1895 | Volleyball invented by W.G. Morgan in Massachusetts. |
| | 1953 | "The Adventures of Superman" TV series premiers in syndication. |
| | 1963 | 1st flight of Boeing 727 jet. |
| | 1964 | 1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers). |
| | 1964 | GI Joe character created. |
| | 1969 | World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight. |
| 10 | 1981 | 8 killed & 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton. |
| | 1989 | To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a NJ court. |
| | 1992 | Mike Tyson found guilty of rape in Indiana. |
| 11 | 1878 | 1st weekly Weather report published. |
| | 1942 | "Archie" comic book debuts. |
| 12 | 1879 | 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Sq Garden, NYC). |
| 13 | 1795 | 1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina. |
| | 1866 | Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri. |
| | 1895 | Moving picture projector patented. |
| | 1959 | Barbie doll goes on sale. |
| 14 | 1912 | Arizona becomes 48th state. |
| | 1929 | St Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, 7 gangsters killed. |
| | 1989 | Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 mill. damages for Bhopol disaster. |
| 15 | 1903 | 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom. |
| | 1950 | Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released. |
| | 1992 | Jeffrey Dahmer found sane & guilty of killing 15 boys. |
| 16 | 1937 | DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers. |
| | 1950 | Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS. |
| | 1959 | Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba. |
| 17 | 1981 | Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in US history. |
| 18 | 1885 | Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published. |
| | 1978 | 1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii. |
| 19 | 1977 | Shuttle Enterprise makes 1st test flight atop a 747 jetliner. |
| 20 | 1792 | US postal service created; postage 6-12¢, depending on distance. |
| | 1872 | Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin. |
| | 1944 | Batman & Robin comic strip premiers in newspapers. |
| | 1962 | John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7). |
| | 1966 | Cindy Crawford Dekalb Ill, super model (Birthday). |
| 21 | 1842 | 1st known sewing machine patent in US, John Greenough, Wash DC. |
| | 1858 | 1st electric burglar alarm installed (Boston, Mass). |
| | 1878 | 1st telephone directory (with 50 names) issued, New Haven, Conn. |
| | 1885 | Washington Monument dedicated (Washington, DC). |
| | 1947 | 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in NYC, by E.H. Land. |
| | 1965 | Malcolm X black muslim leader, assassinated at 39 in NYC. |
| 22 | 1879 | 1st 5¢ & 10¢ store opened by FW Woolworth in Utica, NY. |
| | 1888 | John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans, Yonkers, NY. |
| | 1923 | Transcontinental airmail service begins. |
| | 1935 | Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House. |
| | 1956 | Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel" |
| | 1959 | 1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins. |
| 23 | 1822 | Boston is incorporated as a city. |
| | 1836 | Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed. |
| | 1945 | US Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo & statue. |
| 24 | 1836 | 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at the Alamo, lasts 13 days. |
| | 1868 | 1st US parade with floats, Mobile, Alabama. |
| | 1938 | Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles. |
| 25 | 1836 | Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm. |
| 26 | 1919 | Congress established Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. |
| | 1933 | Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field. |
| 27 | 1827 | 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans. |
| | 1874 | Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds. |
| 28 | 1979 | Mr. Ed talking horse, dies. |
| | 1983 | Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch. |
| 29 | 1960 | 1st Playboy Club, featuring bunnies, opens in Chicago. |
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