FINAL 5-13-20 class of 2020 memory book

THROUGH THE YEARS
2019 2020
In the News
• During Holy Week a major fire engulfed the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15,
2019, resulting in the collapse of the roof and main spire.
• The last Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line in Pueblo, Mexico.
• After record breaking temperatures and extreme drought in June 2019, bush fires break out
in Australia lasting months and cause catastrophic destruction. It is estimated over 18 million
hectares of land, 5400 buildings, and 1 billion animals have been destroyed.
• Hurricane Dorian makes landfall on the Bahamas in September 2019. It’s the strongest
hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin outside the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico
with a sustained wind speed of 185 mph.
• President Donald Trump is impeached in the House in December 2019. He is acquitted in
the Senate in February 2020.
• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle step back from the Royal Family in England to live life
independently. They moved to Canada and then the U.S. in January 2020.
• On January 31, 2020 the United Kingdom officially left the European, known as “Brexit.”
• In March 2020, the Coronavirus/Covid-19 Pandemic cripples almost all countries of the
world. It originated in Wuhan, China. As it spread throughout the world, families are forced
to quarantine in their homes for month along with the closing of nonessential businesses to
flatten the curve. This led to record job loss, e-learning for all schools, homemade face masks
to wear when out in public, and toilet paper/hand sanitizer/Clorox/Lysol shortage.
• Super Bowl: The Kansas City Chiefs beat the
San Francisco 49ers 31-20.
• World Series: The Washington Nationals beat
the Houston Astros 4-3 to win their first title
in franchise history.
• Top Movies: Avengers: Endgame, It Chapter
Two, Rambo: Last Blood, Little Women,
Joker, Rocketman, Ford v Ferrari, Frozen II,
The Invisible Man, Onward
• Musicians: Post Malone, Billie Eilish, Khalid,
Drake, Halsey, Lil Nas X, Travis Scott, Camila
Cabello, DaBaby