What happens in February 1914?
2 February: Tanganyika Railway opens in German East Africa.
Mary Phelps Jacob (1891-1970), later known as Caresse Crosby, files a U.S. patent for the 'Backless Brassiere'
Charlie Chaplin makes his first film appearance in Making A Living
3 February: Birth in Iowa, USA, of George Nissen (d.2010), inventor of the trampoline.
26 February: The HMHS Britannic, sister ship to the Titanic, is launched.