1st » The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with I Want to Hold Your Hand
7th » The Beatles first arrive in the United States. Their performance on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' two days later would mark the beginning of the British Invasion.
9th » The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.
10th » Melbourne-Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne R21 6 collides with and sinks the destroyer HMAS Voyager D04 6 off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82.
11th » Greece or Greeks and Turkey or Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
17th » In 'Wesberry v. Sanders' the Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress of the United States e.g congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
25th » North Korean Prime Minister Kim Il-sung calls for the removal of Feudalism called feudalistic land ownership aimed at turning all cooperative farms into state-run ones.
25th » U.S. Air Force launches a satellite employing a US Air Force Atlas/Agena combination from Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4 known as Point Arguello (LC-2-3) in California and from Cape Kennedy in Florida.
27th » The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
29th » In Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the 100-meter freestyle swimming (sport) known as swimming competition (58.9 seconds).
Famous Birthdays on February in 1964
1st » Jani Lane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Warrant (American band) called Warrant and Saints of the Underground) (d. 2011)
1st » Mario Pelchat, Canadian singer-songwriter
1st » Linus Roache, English actor
3rd » Indrek Tarand, Estonian historian, journalist, and politician
10th » Glenn Beck, American journalist, producer, and author
10th » Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (d. 1989)
10th » Arthur Lenk, American-Israeli diplomat
10th » Francesca Neri, Italian actress
11th » Sarah Palin, American politician, 9th List of Governors of Alaska known as Governor of Alaska
11th » Ken Shamrock, American martial artist and wrestler
11th » Adrian Hasler, Liechtensteiner police officer and politician, 13th List of heads of government of Liechtenstein e.g Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
18th » Paul Hanley (musician) known as Paul Hanley, English drummer and songwriter (The Fall (band) e.g The Fall and Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
19th » Doug Aldrich, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Whitesnake, Burning Rain, Hurricane (band) Hurricane, Bad Moon Rising (band) Bad Moon Rising, Lion (band) Lion, and Dio (band) Dio)
19th » Jonathan Lethem, American author
19th » Dmitri Lipskerov, Russian author and playwright
19th » Richard A. Scott, American author and illustrator
19th » Sonu Walia, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India named Miss India 1985