May 2, 1965
Gas cost $0.31 a gallon in the spring of 1965, and the Dow Jones stood at 969 — a U.S. military buildup in Vietnam was accelerating, with American officials planning stepped-up troop deployments and air operations as Washington pressed Hanoi through a combination of force and diplomacy. On movie screens and radio stations, Julie Andrews was drawing record crowds to "The Sound of Music" while Freddie and the Dreamers held the number one spot on the charts with "I'm Telling You Now." The Boston Celtics claimed the NBA championship by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers, the same spring that Gordon Moore published his observation that computing power doubles roughly every two years — a principle that would come to be known as Moore's Law.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — May 2, 1965
NY Times Headlines — Week of May 2, 1965
U.S. Risk In Caribbean; Dominicans See U.S. As Linked To Hard-Line Military Elements
2,000-M.P.H. Mark Is Set By U.S. Jet; President Reports Yf-12a Broke 2 Soviet Records 2,000-M.P.H. Mark Is Set By U.S. Jet
Bourguiba Calls Nasser'S Goal Dictatorship Over Arab World; Tunisian Leader Accuses Nasser
U.S. Troops Split Dominican Rebels; G.I.'S Cut Capital In Two -- Bosch Asserts Insurgent Is Elected President U.S. Troops Split The Rebel Forces In A Drive Across The Dominican Capital Corridor Is Set Up To Unite Sectors Marines And Army Linked -- Long Occupation Task To Bring Order Seen
Sharp U.N. Clash; Stevenson Answers Russian Charges Of Charter Violation Stevenson Answers Soviet Charges In Sharp Clash At U.N. U.S. 'Militarism' Scored In Debate American Says Hemisphere Nations Will Bar Setting Up Of A New Red Regime
World Events — May 1965
Time Person of the Year — 1965
On the radio
Billboard Charts — May 2, 1965
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1964–65 Season
Emmy Winners — 1965
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — May 2, 1965
Ebert 4-Star Films — May 2, 1965
On the field
Sports Champions — May 2, 1965
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