May 4, 2020
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 — May 4, 2020
NY Times Headlines — Week of May 4, 2020
Mcconnell ProtéGé Takes Center Stage In Fight To Remake Judiciary
White House Rejects C.D.C.’S Coronavirus Reopening Plan
Two White House Coronavirus Cases Raise Question Of If Anyone Is Really Safe
Fight Over Virus’S Death Toll Opens Grim New Front In Election Battle
World Events — May 2020
Time Person of the Year — 2020
On the radio
Billboard Charts — May 4, 2020
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Emmy Winners — 2020
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — May 4, 2020
On the field
Sports Champions — May 4, 2020
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