- 3 February 1966 – The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon
- 4 February 2004 – The online social networking service Facebook is launched by Mark Zuckerberg as "TheFaceBook"
- 14 February 2005 – The video-sharing website YouTube is founded by three former PayPal employees
- 29 February 2012 – Construction of the Tokyo Skytree (pictured), the tallest structure in Japan and second tallest structure in the world, is completed