When This Dropped

March 15, 2020

President
Trump
Dow Jones
21,237
Gas/gal
$2.17
Big Mac
$3.99
Min Wage
$7.25

Gas cost $2.17 a gallon in the spring of 2020, and the Dow Jones stood at 30,606 — both the economy and daily life were being reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, which had triggered widespread business closures, stay-at-home orders, and a historic economic contraction across the country. Billie Eilish's album "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" had recently taken Album of the Year at the Grammys, and Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite" made history as the first non-English-language film to win the Oscar for Best Picture. The Los Angeles Lakers claimed the NBA championship that fall by defeating the Miami Heat, the same season that SpaceX launched its first crewed Dragon 2 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral — the first crewed launch from American soil since the Space Shuttle program ended in 2011.

On the cover

Magazine Covers — March 15, 2020

New York Times
Time
Nat. Geographic

NY Times Headlines — Week of March 15, 2020

Trump Resists Pressure To Use Wartime Law To Mobilize Industry In Virus Response

World Events — March 2020

Time Person of the Year — 2020

Greta Thunberg
Person of the Year
Greta Thunberg

On the radio

Billboard Charts — March 15, 2020

The Box
Roddy Ricch
Hot 100 #1
"The Box"
Roddy Ricch
Miami Vice
Soundtrack
Billboard 200 #1
"Miami Vice"
Soundtrack

Grammy Awards

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Billie Eilish
Grammy Album of the Year
"When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?"
Billie Eilish
I Can't Breathe
H.E.R.
Grammy Song of the Year
"I Can't Breathe"
H.E.R.
I Can't Breathe
H.E.R.
Grammy Record of the Year
"I Can't Breathe"
H.E.R.
Ingrid Andress
Grammy Best New Artist
Ingrid Andress

On the bookshelf

The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
NYT Fiction #1
"The Midnight Library"
Matt Haig
Untamed
Glennon Doyle
NYT Non-Fiction #1
"Untamed"
Glennon Doyle
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
Pulitzer Prize Fiction
"The Nickel Boys"
Colson Whitehead
Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu
National Book Award Fiction
"Interior Chinatown"
Charles Yu
The Dead Are Arising
Les Payne and Tamara Payne
National Book Award Nonfiction
"The Dead Are Arising"
Les Payne and Tamara Payne

On the television

Emmy Winners — 2020

The Crown
Emmy Drama Series
The Crown
Ted Lasso
Emmy Comedy Series
Ted Lasso
Josh O'Connor
The Crown
Emmy Lead Actor
Josh O'Connor
The Crown
Olivia Colman
The Crown
Emmy Lead Actress
Olivia Colman
The Crown

At the movies

Box Office & Oscar Winners — March 15, 2020

Onward
Box Office #1
Onward
Parasite
Oscar Best Picture
Parasite
Chloé Zhao
Nomadland
Oscar Best Director
Chloé Zhao
Nomadland
Anthony Hopkins
The Father
Oscar Best Actor
Anthony Hopkins
The Father
Frances McDormand
Nomadland
Oscar Best Actress
Frances McDormand
Nomadland

On the field

Sports Champions — March 15, 2020

Super Bowl
Kansas City Chiefs
def. San Francisco 49ers
World Series
Los Angeles Dodgers
def. Tampa Bay Rays
NBA Champion
Los Angeles Lakers
def. Miami Heat
Stanley Cup
Tampa Bay Lightning
def. Dallas Stars
Summer Olympics
Tokyo, Japan
🥇39🥈41🥉33

Interested in postcards, posters or t-shirts? Leave your email and we’ll let you know.