February 1940

Friday 02:

Frank Sinatra debuts with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra.

Wednesday 07:

Pinocchio, an Academy Award-winning animated feature based on the story Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, was first released by Walt Disney Productions.

Friday 16:

Altmark Incident: The German tanker Altmark, with 299 British prisoners, was boarded in neutral Norwegian waters by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack and the prisoners set free, a breach of Norwegian neutrality at the beginning of World War II.

Friday 23:

The animated movie Pinocchio is released.

Wednesday 28:

Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).

Thursday 29:

Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations