May 9, 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 9, 1965
NY Times Headlines — Week of May 9, 1965
Johnson Asserts Peking Bars Hanoi From Peace Move; Says The Chinese Want War Regardless Of The Damage Inflicted On Their Allies Economic Aid Stressed President, Proposing Bank For Asian Development, Bids Soviet Join In Plan Johnson Asserts China Bars Peace
World Events — May 1965
Time Person of the Year — 1965
On the radio
Billboard Charts — May 9, 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 9, 1965
Ebert 4-Star Films — May 9, 1965
On the field
Sports Champions — May 9, 1965
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