May 4, 2011
Gas cost $3.53 a gallon in the spring of 2011, and the Dow Jones stood at 12,218 — the U.S. was conducting airstrikes in Libya while also processing the news that Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden in a raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan — two military developments that dominated headlines even as daily American life continued at a steady pace. On television, "Modern Family" was the comedy everyone was watching, and at the multiplex, "The King's Speech" had just taken home the Oscar for Best Picture. The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat to win the NBA championship that June, and earlier that spring, an estimated two billion people around the world tuned in to watch Prince William and Catherine Middleton marry at Westminster Abbey — one of the most-watched live television events in recorded history.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — May 4, 2011
NY Times Headlines — Week of May 4, 2011
Palestinian Factions Sign Accord To End Rift
Sales Of Home Safes Surge, Driven By The Recession And Recent Disasters
G.O.P. Medicare Plan Shakes Up Race For House Seat
An Insider Views China, Past And Future
U.S. Was Braced For Fight With Pakistanis In Bin Laden Raid
World Events — May 2011
Time Person of the Year — 2011
On the radio
Billboard Charts — May 4, 2011
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 2010–11 Season
Emmy Winners — 2011
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — May 4, 2011
Ebert 4-Star Films — May 4, 2011
On the field
Sports Champions — May 4, 2011
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