November 11, 2016

That fall of 2016, gas ran $2.14 a gallon and Obama was in the White House — the U.S. was pressing for a ceasefire in Syria while daily life continued largely unchanged across most of the country. On screens and playlists, audiences were streaming "The Girl on the Train" at the multiplex and The Chainsmokers' "Closer" was holding at number one on the charts for weeks on end. The Chicago Cubs ended a 108-year World Series drought by defeating the Cleveland Indians in seven games, and NASA launched OSIRIS-REx, its first mission to collect and return samples from an asteroid, sending the probe on a seven-year round trip to the asteroid Bennu.