July 4, 1966
The federal minimum wage stood at $1.25/hr that summer of 1966, and the Dow Jones sat at 786 — even as the U.S. military announced plans to expand forces in Vietnam to 375,000 troops by year's end. On American screens and turntables, "Bonanza" remained the top-rated show on television while The Beatles held the number one spot on the charts with "Paperback Writer." That August, NASA launched Lunar Orbiter 1, sending the first U.S. spacecraft into orbit around the Moon, where it would photograph potential landing sites for the Apollo program.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — July 4, 1966
NY Times Headlines — Week of July 4, 1966
Kennedy Fears Air Strikes May Delay Peace Efforts; Kennedy Opposes Fuel-Depot Raids
Chinese Say Raids By U.S. Free Them To Act In Vietnam; Assert Bombing Heightens Aggression, Ending Need To Restrict Aid To Hanoi Hint Of Intervention Peking Charges Attacks Are On Cities--Terms Them Barbarous And Wanton Chinese Say Raids Free Them To Act
China'S Reaction Bolsters U.S. View It Won'T Fight; Wording Of Statement On Raids At Hanoi And Haiphong Is Found Milder Than Peking'S Language On War In 1965 Red China'S Reaction Bolsters U.S. Calculation It Won'T Fight
U.S. Feeler Termed Likely After Bombing Furor Ends; New U.S. Peace Feeler To Hanoi Expected Soon
Mrs.Gandhi Urges British-Soviet Bid On Vietnam Talks; Asks Geneva Co-Chairmen To Revive Conference For Effort To End War Bombing Halt Sought Indian Leader Also Suggests That This Be Followed By Cease-Fire On All Sides Mrs. Gandhi Asks A Vietnam Parley
East Bloc Offers Men If Hanoi Asks; Warsaw Pact Chiefs Pledge 'Volunteers' Stand Is Called A Reassertion East Bloc Offers Men If Hanoi Asks
World Events — July 1966
Time Person of the Year — 1966
On the radio
Billboard Charts — July 4, 1966
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1965–66 Season
Emmy Winners — 1966
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — July 4, 1966
Ebert 4-Star Films — July 4, 1966
On the field
Sports Champions — July 4, 1966
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