February 2: Benito Mussolini has Italian soldiers adopt the goose step, or as he christens it, the 'passo romano', or 'Roman step'. King Victor Emmanuel III had opposed the decision, but Mussolini would not be swayed, calling the goose a 'Roman animal'.

February 3: The comedy duo of Abbott and Costello maKe their radio debut on The Kate Smith Hour.

February 3: The radio series Challenge of the Yukon premiers on WXYT in Detroit.

February 5: Hans Litten, 34, German lawyer commits suicide in Dachau concentration camp.

February 7: The trial of Martin Niemöller begins in Germany.

February 16: The screwball comedy film Bringing Up Baby starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant premiers in San Francisco, California.

February 17: John Logie Baird demonstrates a prototype colour television in London.

February 20: Hitler gives a three-hour internationally broadcast speech in the Reichstag vowing to protect German minorities outside of the Reich and reiterating demands for restoration of German colonies.

February 23: Joe Louis knocks out Nathan Mann in the third round at Madison Square Garden to retain the world heavyweight boxing title.

February 27: 10,000 demonstrators march on the Italian embassy in London protesting the Chamberlain government's appeasement policy. (source: Wikipedia)