This award was just a little ahead of its time. Sound Recording awards began two years later. Scientific and Technical awards began three years later, and eventually several other awards evolved to recognize many of the behind-the-scenes efforts required to make a movie a success.
... February 20 - Alexei Kosygin[?], Premier of the Soviet Union[?] (+ 1980)
February 25 - Adelle Davis[?], nutritionist, writer (+ 1974)
February 29 - Jimmy Dorsey, ...