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On the date
Friday, March 13, 2020
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The Headlines
The Talented Mr. Philbrick
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Box
Roddy Ricch
#1 at the box office
Onward
$10,601,952
The must-have
Star Wars: The Child (Grogu) Animatronic
On This Day
President Donald Trump declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States.
Wikipedia →Katerina Sakellaropoulou is sworn in as the first female President of Greece amid strict COVID-19 measures.
Wikipedia →Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against racism and police brutality.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Giorgos Seferis (1900)
- Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741)
- Pope Innocent XII (1615)
- Mahmoud Darwish (1942)
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
doomscrollingvibe checkrizz
Pandemic
social distancingnew normalflatten the curve
Gen Z Alpha
no capsusbussincheugyskibidi
Tech Check
Zoom (Mass Adoption), Apple M1 Chip & mRNA Vaccines.
Style of 2020
Silhouette: Comfort-first and oversized (Pandemic)
Material: Sweatpants and tie-dye
- Masks
- Matching lounge sets
- Cottagecore
Cost of Living (2020)
Loaf of Bread
$1.55
Gallon of Gas
$2.17
Average Home
$336,900
New Car
$39,750
Meanwhile
- COVID-19 Recession — Shortest but sharpest recession in history; global lockdowns.
Time Elapsed
2,275 days ago
(6 years, 85 days)