Ohio State last won a non-COVID Big Ten football title on December 7, 2019, when they defeated the Wisconsin Badgers in the Big Ten Championship Game.
Here are some major events that occurred around that time:
Political Events:
The U.S. House of Representatives was preparing for the first impeachment of President Donald Trump; the House Judiciary Committee held its second impeachment hearing on December 9, 2019, just two days after the game.
Boris Johnson's Conservative Party won a significant majority in the UK general election on December 12, 2019.
Global Events:
The first cases of what would later be identified as COVID-19 were beginning to emerge in Wuhan, China, around this time, though it was not yet a widely known global pandemic. The "COVID season" for college football is considered to be 2020, as it severely impacted that year's schedule and attendance.
The COP25 climate change conference was taking place in Madrid, Spain, concluding on December 13, 2019.
Science and Technology:
NASA's Mars 2020 rover (which became the Perseverance rover) was undergoing final assembly and testing in preparation for its launch the following year.
Popular streaming service Disney+ had launched just a month prior, in November 2019.
Culture and Entertainment:
The film Jumanji: The Next Level was released in the U.S. on December 13, 2019, and the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker premiered later that month.
Lizzo, Post Malone, and Billie Eilish were among the top music artists on the charts at the time.