10 Timelines

Timeline of Bruce Springsteen's Life 1949 Bruce Frederick Springsteen is born on September 23 in New Jersey 1965 Joins the Castiles, his first official band 1972 Signs with a major record label, Columbia 1973 Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., Bruce's first album, is released 1975 Born to Run is released and critics rave about the album Time and Newsweek magazines both feature Bruce on their covers 1985 Born in the U.S.A. is the best-selling album of the year 1989 The E Street Band breaks up 1990 Evan, the first of Bruce's three children, is born 1991 Marries his second wife and mother of his children, Patti Scialfa 1994 Wins an Academy Award for Best Song for "The Streets of Philadelphia" in the film Philadelphia

1999 Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The E Street Band reunites for a tour 2002 The Rising is released and sells over five hundred thousand copies its first week 2009 The E Street Band performs at the Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa, Florida 2012 Gives the keynote speech at SXSW Music Festival 2014 Releases his first picture book, Outlaw Pete

Timeline of the World 1940 Woody Guthrie writes "This Land Is Your Land" 1941 Bob Dylan is born in Minnesota 1945 Harry Truman becomes president of the United States World War II ends 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show first airs on TV 1964 The Beatles play their first show in the United States in Washington, DC 1968 US armed forces are attacked in the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, leading to more antiwar protests 1977 Elvis dies at Graceland, his Tennessee mansion, in August 1987 Austin, Texas, hosts the first SXSW Music Festival 1994 Tom Hanks wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for Philadelphia. Hanks plays a gay lawyer fighting AIDS 2001 Terrorists attack the United States on September 11 Apple releases its first portable music player, the iPod 2003 The United States enters the Iraq War

2004 Facebook is launched by Mark Zuckerberg, a student at Harvard University 2008 Barack Obama becomes the first African American to be elected president of the United States 2012 Barack Obama is reelected as president