A 2023 Anniversary
2023 marks 20 years since this Asian nation withdrew from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, with many rumored tests occuring since.
What is North Korea?
This 17-year NFL veteran made a highly publicized move from the smallest NFL media market to the largest but suffered a season-ending injury in his first game with his new team, attempting only one pass.
Who is Aaron Rodgers?
The Federal Reserve voted to make five increases to these, hoping to slow spending and curb inflation
What are interest rates?
With resale markups of over 1,400%, this superstar embarks on "The Eras Tour" with 151 shows scheudled to run through 2024
Who is Taylor Swift?
TIME named them Person of the Year as she "Perfected her craft - not just with her music, but in her position as the master story teller of the modern era"
Who is Taylor Swift?
75 years ago, in 1948, Warner Brothers showed the first color newsreel which featured coverage of these "floral" events in Pasadena
What is the Tournament of Roses (parade and Rose Bowl Game)?
This athlete inks a 10-year $700M contract, beleived to be the largest sports deal ever signed
Who is Shohei Ohtani?
CEO Elon Musk changes the name of his popular social media app to this and begins charging users to be listed as "verified"
What is X? (Twitter)
This innaugural American Idol winner turned talk show host released her first studio album in six years.
Who is Kelly Clarkson?
People Magazine named this brand's 100% beef hot dogs the best hot dogs of the year. No need to wish you were one
What is Oscar-Mayer?
It's been 250 years since Parliament passed the Tea Act, designed to save this company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade
What is the East India Company?
Amid fan protests for the owners to sell the team the Oakland Athletics announce plans to move their franchise to this city to give it its first Major League Baseball team
What is Las Vegas?
This California-based bank experienced a bank run, causing the largest bank faulure in the United States since the financial crisis of 2008.
What is Silicon Valley Bank?
A New York court rules that Ed Sheeran didn't steal parts of a 1973 love anthem by this singer
Who is Marvin Gaye?
Merriam-Webster named this the word of 2023, meaning "not false or imitation" with synonyms of "real" and "actual". This year we used it particularly when pertaining to one's personality or character
This stadium was opened 100 years ago with the man who "built" the stadium hitting a home run against his former team in the opening game. The stadium would be in use until 2008.
What is Yankee Stadium?
Having served on the coaching staff of Syracuse University's men's basketball team since 1969 this 2005 Naismith Hall of Fame inductee coached his final game for the Orange
Who is Jim Boeheim?
A huge story of 2023 is the advancement in Artificial Intelligence with the company OpenAI's bot called this getting so popular that users need a waitlist to access the program
What is ChatGPT?
Singing for two, this hip hop artist performs at Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show which was the most-watched halftime act of all time.
Who is Rhianna?
After a summer of salmon eating "128 Grazer" was named "Fat ___this____ of the Year" by Katmai National Park in Alaska
What is Bear?
50 years ago Billy Jean King defeated this man in the "Battle of the Sexes" on September 20, 1973
Who is Bobby Riggs?
Over 92,000 fans fill the University of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium to make the largest-ever crowd for a women's sporting event as the Cornhuskers faced off against the Omaha Mavericks in this sport
What is volleyball?
Zurich-based bank UBS purchased this compatriot investment bank for $3.25 billion in an all-stock deal to prevent the bank's collapse, a deal brokered by the Swiss government
What is Credit Suisse?
In December 2023 this 1958 Brenda Lee tune hit number one on the Billboard Charts for the first time, making it the longest time between a song's release and its number one debut. Move over Mariah Carey!
What is "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"?
Motortrend named this 2024 model Car of the Year, citing it as the "Gold standard hybrid", taking home its first victory since its 2004
What is Toyota Prius?