July 17, 1967
The federal minimum wage stood at $1.40/hr that summer of 1967, and the Dow Jones sat at 906 — while a U.N. cease-fire watch along the Suez Canal remained deadlocked after the Six-Day War had reshaped the Middle East in less than a week. On the radio, The Association held the number one spot with "Windy," and at the movies, audiences were turning out for the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice." On August 6, Cambridge astronomer Jocelyn Bell recorded the first data that would lead to the discovery of pulsars — an entirely new class of rapidly rotating neutron stars — marking one of the most significant finds in the history of astronomy.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — July 17, 1967
NY Times Headlines — Week of July 17, 1967
Impasse Holds Up Cease-Fire Watch By U.N. Along Suez; Israel Asserts Egypt Balks At Plan For Radio Contacts By Teams Across Canal Fighting In Area Halts 5 Arab Leaders Say In Cairo They Will Expel Israelis From Occupied Lands
U.S Arms May Go To Mideast Again; Rusk Hints At Renewed Aid For Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia To Counter Soviet U.S. Arms May Go To Mideast Again
U.N., 63-26, Turns Crisis In Mideast Back To Council; Soviet Fails In Effort To Get Assembly To Call For An Israeli Withdrawal Session Is Adjourned Arabs Reject A Compromise Worked Out By Russians In Talks With U.S.
World Events — July 1967
Time Person of the Year — 1967
On the radio
Billboard Charts — July 17, 1967
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1966–67 Season
Emmy Winners — 1967
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — July 17, 1967
Ebert 4-Star Films — July 17, 1967
On the field
Sports Champions — July 17, 1967
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