This chapter considers events that happened during February 1956 in the following five domains: science and technology; politics, society and the economy; entertainment, arts, and culture; celebrity and famous names; and sport. Focusing here purely on developments in science and technology, we consider: Eisenhower’s award of the Medal of Freedom to the ailing John von Neumann; the granting of a patent for coincident-current random-access magnetic-core memory; and the observation of one of the most remarkable solar flares of the twentieth century.