March 10, 2004
Gas cost $1.88 a gallon in the spring of 2004, and the Dow Jones stood at 10,783 — the United States was in the middle of the Iraq War, with troop deployments ongoing and debate over the mission intensifying across the country, even as everyday American life continued at its usual pace. At the movies, "The Passion of the Christ" was drawing massive crowds and breaking box office records, while readers were snapping up Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" from bookstore shelves as fast as stores could stock it. The Detroit Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers to win the NBA championship that June, and earlier that spring, on April 1, Google launched Gmail, introducing the public to free email with one gigabyte of storage at a time when most services offered a fraction of that.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — March 10, 2004
NY Times Headlines — Week of March 10, 2004
Chance To Revive Sales Draws Nuclear Industry To China
Baseball Receives Steroid Warning
Inside
Bombings Lead U.S. To Raise Security For Trains
Blow To Bush: Ally Rejected
Spain Will Loosen Its Alliance With U.S., Premier-Elect Says
World Events — March 2004
Time Person of the Year — 2004
On the radio
Billboard Charts — March 10, 2004
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 2003–04 Season
Emmy Winners — 2004
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — March 10, 2004
Ebert 4-Star Films — March 10, 2004
On the field
Sports Champions — March 10, 2004
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