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David Crosby's "If I Could Only Remember My Name", released this day in 1971. #DavidCrosby #IfICouldOnlyRememberMyName #VintageVinyl

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February 22, 1943 Sophie Scholl, a 22-year-old White Rose (Weisse Rose) activist at Munich University, was executed after being convicted of urging students to rise up and overthrow the Nazi government. #SophieScholl 1/3

Twang! It's Friday! "Burning Memories" by Kitty Wells released in February 1965. #KittyWells #BurningMemories #VintageVinyl #TwangItsFriday

#ChristianNationalism

"Child Is Father to the Man" by Blood, Sweat & Tears was released on this day in 1968. #BloodSweatAndTears #ChildIsFatherToTheMan #VintageVinyl

February 21, 1965 - Malcolm X, an African-American nationalist and religious leader, was shot and killed in New York City by Black Muslims with whom he had broken the year before, ... #MalcolmX

When even the New York Post has to publish this, you know you fucked up.

Cubs win! Final: #Cubs 12, Dodgers 4.

February 20, 1942 - The vast majority of teachers in German-occupied Norway refused to comply with the forced Nazification of the school system. #NorwayEducatorsResistsNazis 1/4

Baseball is back! #Cubs #MLB

Hunter S. Thompson left his mortal coil behind on this day in 2005. Suicide at 67. #HunterSThompson

On this day in 1962 John Glenn became the first American to orbit earth. #JohnGlenn #Friendship7

Important 🧵: Stanford political scientist uses data to show DOGE is attacking “liberal” agencies, not focusing on waste & inefficiency: “The hardest hit agencies are those that regulate industry, protect public health, and expand access to education.”

On this date in 1971 as a high school senior, I attended my second Allman Brothers Band show, at the Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium in Fayetteville. I had seen them in August of the previous year when they opened for Canned Heat. On this night THEY were the headliners. #TheAllmanBrothersBand

Todd Rundgren's "Todd" released in February 1974. #ToddRundgren #Todd #VintageVinyl

2/19/1919-A Pan-African Congress was organized by W.E.B. DuBois in Paris, France, to coincide with the Versailles Peace Conference after World War I. #PanAfricanCongress #WEBDuBois 1/

On this day in 1878 Thomas Edison patents the phonograph. #ThomasEdison

February 19, 1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, ten weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, issued a directive ordering all Japanese Americans (Nisei) evacuated from the West Coast of the U.S., and forcing them to live in concentration camps. #ExecutiveOrder9066 1/5

"Little Village" released this day in 1992. #LittleVillage #VintageVinyl

"I Hear a Symphony" by The Supremes released this day in 1966. #TheSupremes #IHearASymphony #VintageVinyl

#ThisModernWorld #TomTomorrow

February 18, 1970 - Five of the "Chicago Eight" (Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, and Jerry Rubin) were found guilty of crossing state lines to incite a riot during the 1968 Democratic convention. #Chicago8 1/7

"Notes of Blue" by Son Volt released this day in 2017. #SonVolt #NotesOfBlue

"Notes of Blue" by Son Volt released this day in 2017. #SonVolt #NotesOfBlue

John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers "A Hard Road" released this day in 1967. #JohnMayall #Bluesbreakers #AHardRoad #PeterGreen #VintageVinyl

John Lennon's "Rock 'n' Roll" released this day in 1975. #JohnLennon #RockNRoll #VintageVinyl

"When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" by Bow Wow Wow was released in February 1983. #BowWowWow #WhenTheGoingGetsToughTheToughGetGoing #VintageVinyl

February 16, 1959 Fidel Castro was sworn in as Cuba’s youngest prime minister after leading a years-long guerrilla campaign that forced right-wing dictator Fulgencio Batista into exile. #Cuba 1/2