#MikeLuckovich 2/12/2026

February 12, 1993 - About 5,000 demonstrators marched on Atlanta's State Capitol to protest the Georgia state flag (on left or top depending) because its principal element was the Confederate battle flag. 1/3

"Visually they are a nightmare, tight, dandified Edwardian-Beatnik suits and great pudding bowls of hair. Musically they are a near disaster, guitars and drums slamming out a merciless beat that does away with secondary rhythms, harmony and melody. #TheBeatles 1/2

The Beatles recorded 10 of the 14 songs on their debut album at EMI's Abbey Road studio in just over 12 hours on February 11th, 1963. For productivity alone, it's one of the greatest first albums in rock. #TheBeatles 1/3

February 11, 1978 - Native Americans began The Longest Walk, a march from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay to Washington, D.C. #TheLongestWalk 1/2

2/11/1937 - Forty-eight thousand General Motors workers won their 44-day sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan. On December 30 workers at Fisher Plants 1 & 2 sat down and refused to leave, forcing workers around them to stop work and preventing the next shift from starting. #FlintSitDownStrike 1/3

February 11, 1916 - Emma Goldman was arrested for lecturing on birth control, presumed a violation of the 1873 Comstock Law which prohibited distribution of literature on birth control, considered obscene under the act. #EmmaGoldman 1/5

"The Best of The Animals" released in February 1966. #TheAnimals

February 11, 1990 - Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in a South African prison following months of secret negotiations with South African President F.W. (Frederik Willem) de Klerk. #NelsonMandela 1/5

Just so we're all on the same page...

February 11, 1790 - The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, composed mostly of Quakers and Mennonites, petitioned Congress for emancipation of all slaves. #ThePennsylvaniaSocietyForPromotingTheAbolitionOfSlavery 1/3

#MikeLuckovich 2/11/2026

"Tapestry" by Carole King released this day in 1971. #CarolKing #Tapestry #VintageVinyl

"Waiting For Columbus" by Little Feat, released this day in 1978. #LittleFeat #WaitingForColumbus

"Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield" released on this day in 1969. #BuffaloSpringfield #Retrospective #VintageVinyl

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did THIS IS WHAT AN INSURRECTION LOOKS LIKE ⬇️⬇️⬇️

#KevinSiers 2/10/2021

Spotted in the wild.

I can't imagine saying to a victim, "what's the big deal?" #EpsteinFiles

On this day in 1964, The Beatles make their first appearance on Ed Sullivan. #TheBeatles

Meanwhile over on Threads...

#ThisModernWorld #TomTomorrow

“Every proprietor, therefore, of cultivated land, owes to the community a ground-rent... for the land which he holds.” — Thomas Paine, born 289 years ago today, championed a Tax The Rich vision for addressing inequality. #ThomasPaine

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"The speech grabbed national headlines and launched the paranoia and persecution now known as McCarthyism."

February 8, 1968 - The Orangeburg Massacre Three black students were killed and 50 wounded in a confrontation with highway patrolmen at a South Carolina State rally supporting arrested civil rights protesters. #OrangeburghMassacre #SamuelHammond #DelanoMiddleton #HenrySmith 1/3

Absolutely worth watching with @jkbjournalist.bsky.social youtu.be/7awbgL_BP_k

Some historical context from the Internets.

Elvis Costello's "Spike" released this day in 1989. #ElvisCostello #Spike

"Pieces of the Sky" by Emmylou Harris released this day in 1975. #EmmylouHarris #PiecesOfTheSky #VintageVinyl

Coach Smith died on this day in 2015. #DeanSmith #CoachSmith #GOAT

2/7/1926-"Negro History Week" was observed for the first time, conceived by Dr. Carter G. Woodson as an opportunity to study the history & accomplishments of African Americans. Dr. Woodson was the founder, in 1915 Chicago, of the Association for the Study of Negro Life & History. #CarterWoodson 1/3

On February 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London Heathrow lands at New York’s Kennedy Airport–and “Beatlemania” arrives. #TheBeatles 1/3

"Feb. 3, 2026 marked the three-year anniversary of the Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster in East Palestine, OH—one of the worst industrial disasters in US history."

Just gonna drop this photo of January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang destroying a "Prosecute ICE" sculpture in Minneapolis. He's been arrested for this, btw.

Twang! It's Friday! "The Gilded Palace of Sin" by The Flying Burrito Brothers released in February 1969. #TheFlyingBurritoBrothers #TheGildedPalaceOfSin #TwangItsFriday

#MWuerker 2/6/26

February 6, 1961 - The civil rights jail-in movement began when ten negro students in Rock Hill, South Carolina, were arrested for requesting service at a segregated lunch counter. #CharlesSherrod 1/3

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#MikeLuckovich 2/6/2026

Elsewhere on the Internets. #SherrilynIfill

Lucinda Williams' "The Ghosts of Highway 20" released on this day in 2016. #LucindaWilliams #TheGhostsOfHighway20

William S. Burroughs born this day in 1914. Happy birthday Bill. #WilliamSBurroughs

#MikeLuckovich 2/5/2026

Born this day in 1934 Henry Louis Aaron. Better known as "Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank". #HankAaron #MLB