December 5, 1964
By the winter of 1964, Johnson was in the White House and the federal minimum wage stood at $1.25/hr — the United States Surgeon General issued his landmark report declaring that smoking was hazardous to health, marking the first official federal acknowledgment of the link between cigarettes and disease. On television, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was winning Emmy Awards for comedy while Americans were reading John le Carré's "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" at the top of the fiction bestseller list. The Cleveland Browns claimed the NFL championship that season, and American athletes had just returned from Innsbruck, Austria, where the United States finished the Winter Olympics with 6 medals, including 1 gold.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — December 5, 1964
NY Times Headlines — Week of December 5, 1964
Racial Sex Curb In Florida Upset; Supreme Court Annuls Ban On Mixed Couples Living Together ‘Habitually’
Gromyko Meets With President; Wide Talk Held; But They Make No Progress On East‐West Problems In 80-Minute Conversation; ‘Useful,’ Russian Says; Rusk, At Separate Session, Again Urges Soviet Effort To Halt Vietnam War
Moscow Reduces Military Budget By Half‐Billion; Kosygin, In Supreme Soviet, Says Plan For ‘65 Follows Assurance Of U.S. Cut
World Events — December 1964
Time Person of the Year — 1964
On the radio
Billboard Charts — December 5, 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 — December 5, 1964
Ebert 4-Star Films — December 5, 1964
On the field
Sports Champions — December 5, 1964
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