When This Dropped

September 30, 2014

President
Obama
Dow Jones
17,043
Gas/gal
$3.37
Big Mac
$4.79
Min Wage
$7.25

That fall of 2014, gas ran $3.37 a gallon and Obama was in the White House — the U.S. was sending up to 3,000 troops to West Africa to combat the Ebola outbreak, one of the largest American military responses to a public health crisis in history. On screens and speakers, "Game of Thrones" was the Emmy-winning drama everyone was talking about, while Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" sat at number one on the charts for weeks. The San Francisco Giants won the World Series over the Kansas City Royals in a tense seven-game series, the same fall that ESA's Philae probe made history by landing on Comet 67P — the first time any spacecraft had ever touched down on a comet.

On the cover

Magazine Covers — September 30, 2014

New York Times
Time
Nat. Geographic

NY Times Headlines — Week of September 30, 2014

Some Blacks See Secret Service As Flawed Shield For The President

An Obama Ally Parts With Him On War Powers

World Events — September 2014

Time Person of the Year — 2014

Pope Francis
Person of the Year
Pope Francis

On the radio

Billboard Charts — September 30, 2014

All About That Bass
Meghan Trainor
Hot 100 #1
"All About That Bass"
Meghan Trainor
Miami Vice
Soundtrack
Billboard 200 #1
"Miami Vice"
Soundtrack

Grammy Awards

Random Access Memories
Daft Punk
Grammy Album of the Year
"Random Access Memories"
Daft Punk
Stay with Me
Sam Smith
Grammy Song of the Year
"Stay with Me"
Sam Smith
Stay with Me
Sam Smith
Grammy Record of the Year
"Stay with Me"
Sam Smith
Sam Smith
Grammy Best New Artist
Sam Smith

On the bookshelf

Gray Mountain
John Grisham
NYT Fiction #1
"Gray Mountain"
John Grisham
Killing Patton
Bill O'Reilly
NYT Non-Fiction #1
"Killing Patton"
Bill O'Reilly
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
Pulitzer Prize Fiction
"The Goldfinch"
Donna Tartt
Redeployment
Phil Klay
National Book Award Fiction
"Redeployment"
Phil Klay
Age of Ambition
Evan Osnos
National Book Award Nonfiction
"Age of Ambition"
Evan Osnos

On the television

Nielsen Top 10 — 2014–15 Season

Sunday Night Football
Nielsen #1 TV Show
Sunday Night Football
Nielsen
Top 10
TV Shows
Nielsen Ratings
Top 10 TV Shows
2014–15 Season

Emmy Winners — 2014

Game of Thrones
Emmy Drama Series
Game of Thrones
Veep
Emmy Comedy Series
Veep
Jon Hamm
Mad Men
Emmy Lead Actor
Jon Hamm
Mad Men
Viola Davis
How to Get Away with Murder
Emmy Lead Actress
Viola Davis
How to Get Away with Murder

At the movies

Box Office & Oscar Winners — September 30, 2014

The Equalizer
Box Office #1
The Equalizer
12 Years a Slave
Oscar Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Birdman
Oscar Best Director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Birdman
Eddie Redmayne
The Theory of Everything
Oscar Best Actor
Eddie Redmayne
The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore
Still Alice
Oscar Best Actress
Julianne Moore
Still Alice

On the field

Sports Champions — September 30, 2014

Super Bowl
Seattle Seahawks
def. Denver Broncos
World Series
San Francisco Giants
def. Kansas City Royals
NBA Champion
San Antonio Spurs
def. Miami Heat
Stanley Cup
Los Angeles Kings
def. New York Rangers
Winter Olympics
Sochi, Russia
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