February 1960

Monday 01:

Four black students stage a sit-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Thursday 04:

Lorraine, Quebec is founded.

Monday 08:

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".

Tuesday 09:

Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Saturday 13:

Nuclear testing: France tests its first atomic bomb.

Sunday 21:

Cuban leader Fidel Castro nationalizes all businesses in Cuba.

Sunday 28:

End of 10th Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, California

Monday 29:

An earthquake in Morocco kills over 3,000 people and nearly destroys Agadir in the southern part of the country.