Moments in Time: Bruce Springsteen
On Oct. 26, 1774, the First Continental Congress sent a petition to England's King George III informing him that if not for the oppressive acts forced upon the colonies by the British Parliament, the American people would be standing behind British rule.
On Oct. 27, 1975, Bruce Springsteen became the first rock musician to appear on the covers of both TIME and Newsweek magazine in a single week. This feat, which was usually limited to presidents or other world leaders, fueled the energy behind his third album, "Born to Run," and helped make him a household name.
On Oct. 28, 1834, a group of European settlers led by the governor of Western Australia attacked a Bindjareb Noongar camp, killing somewhere between 11 and 80 people. The incident became known as the Pinjarra Massacre and was the culmination of escalating tensions between Australian Aboriginal peoples and settlers during the colony's early years.
On Oct. 29, 2024, a study published in the journal Antiquities revealed the discovery of an enormous, 1,500-year-old Mayan city hidden in the jungles of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. It contained more than 6,000 structures, including pyramids like the ones at Chichen Itza.
On Oct. 30, 1896, the Boston Symphony Orchestra debuted Amy Beach's "Gaelic Symphony," the first by an American female composer to garner public attention. Beach cited the "simple, rugged and unpretentious beauty" of Irish tunes as her inspiration for the piece.
On Oct. 31, 1961, five years after Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounced Stalinism and the "personality cult" of Soviet rulers at the 20th Party Congress, Joseph Stalin's embalmed body was secretly removed from the tomb of his predecessor, Vladimir Lenin, in Moscow's Red Square, and reinterred near the Kremlin wall.
On Nov. 1, 1512, Michelangelo's famous ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel were first exhibited to the general public in Vatican City. Commissioned by Pope Julius II, they spanned thousands of square feet, included more than 300 figures, and took several years to complete.
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