November 2, 1964
That fall of 1964, gas ran $0.30 a gallon and Johnson was in the White House — the United States was keeping a close watch on Vietnam, where troops in Saigon were on alert as Vietcong ambushes continued to inflict casualties near the capital. On the radio, Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" was sitting at number one, while moviegoers were filling seats for the Peter Sellers comedy "A Shot in the Dark," and television audiences were tuning in weekly to "The Dick Van Dyke Show," which had just taken home the Emmy for comedy. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Yankees to win the World Series that October, and just weeks earlier, American athletes had returned from Tokyo — where the Summer Olympics were held for the first time on Asian soil — with 90 total medals, including 36 gold.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — November 2, 1964
NY Times Headlines — Week of November 2, 1964
East Bloc Wants Soviet To Retain Khrushchev Thaw; Reds Stress Importance Of Guarding Right To Develop Sdcialism In Own Ways
27 States ‘Sure’; 16 More Are Leaning Toward President—Turnout A Factor
U.S. Rushes Jets To Replace B‐57'S Hit By Vietcong; Step Announced As Johnson Confers With Top Aides About Bienhoa Attack; Peking, Hanoi Warned; Goldwater Asserts Country Is In Undeclared War—Challenges President
Cambodia Gets Chinese Backing On ‘Aggression’; Peking Asserts It ‘Cannot Ignore’ Any Hostile Act By U.S. Or By Saigon; Pledge Is Not Specific; Parallel To Note To North Vietnam Seen—Soviet Arms Sent To Sihanouk
Humphrey May Go Abroad To Confer On Nato Disarray; Ball Likely To Precede Him To Prepare Meeting With De Gaulle On Allied Crisis
Paris Gives Nato A Grave Warning On Nuclear Fleet; Unity Peril Seen; Atom Force Is Viewed As Incompatible With Paris‐Bonn Treaty
World Events — November 1964
Time Person of the Year — 1964
On the radio
Billboard Charts — November 2, 1964
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1964–65 Season
Emmy Winners — 1964
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — November 2, 1964
Ebert 4-Star Films — November 2, 1964
On the field
Sports Champions — November 2, 1964
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