October 31, 1966
That fall of 1966, gas ran $0.32 a gallon and Johnson was in the White House — the Vietnam War was escalating, with President Johnson publicly offering a U.S. withdrawal only after North Vietnamese forces pulled back first. On the radio, the Four Tops were sitting at number one with "Reach Out I'll Be There," while audiences were still packing theaters for "Doctor Zhivago," the sweeping epic that had dominated the box office since the previous winter. The Baltimore Orioles capped the season by sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers in four straight games to win the World Series, and NASA closed out its Gemini program when "Gemini 12" splashed down safely in the Atlantic, with Buzz Aldrin logging over five hours of spacewalks and putting to rest earlier concerns about astronaut fatigue during extravehicular activity.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — October 31, 1966
NY Times Headlines — Week of October 31, 1966
Million In Seoul Cheer President At Last Asia Stop; He Hails South Koreans For Achievements Since War And Firm Link To U.S. Crowd Tour'S Biggest Johnson Notes Korean Units Fight In Vietnam--Starts Back Home Tomorrow
Brezhnev, Defying Peking, Defends Ties With West; Brezhnev Defies Red China, Defending Soviet Cooperation With The West
Autopsy Photos Put In Archives By The Kennedys; Access To Negatives, Slides And X-Rays Of President'S Body Will Be Restricted Open To Law Agencies Justice Department Asked Filing Of Data Doubts On Warren Study A Reason Autopsy Photos Of President Kennedy Put In National Archives
Red China Ridicules Johnson'S 'Big Talk' Of Arms Deterrent; Chinese Ridicule Johnson'S 'Big Talk' On Arms
World Events — October 1966
Time Person of the Year — 1966
On the radio
Billboard Charts — October 31, 1966
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1966–67 Season
Emmy Winners — 1966
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — October 31, 1966
Ebert 4-Star Films — October 31, 1966
On the field
Sports Champions — October 31, 1966
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