March 4, 1969
Gas cost $0.35 a gallon in the spring of 1969, and the Dow Jones stood at 800 — as American troop levels in Vietnam had surpassed 540,000 and Secretary of State William Rogers was telling senators that a U.S. withdrawal depended on reciprocal action by North Vietnamese forces. On the radio, "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" by The 5th Dimension was the country's top song, while Philip Roth's "Portnoy's Complaint" was flying off bookstore shelves as the number one fiction bestseller. The Boston Celtics closed out the decade by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers for the NBA championship, and on May 18, NASA launched Apollo 10, sending astronauts Gene Cernan, Tom Stafford, and John Young to within 15 kilometers of the lunar surface in a full dress rehearsal for the Moon landing that would follow that summer.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — March 4, 1969
NY Times Headlines — Week of March 4, 1969
Enemy Continues Vietnam Attacks Despite Warnings; 3 Provincial Capitals And 30 Military Sites Are Hit, But Saigon Is Spared
Soviet Puts Army In East On Alert; Warning To China Is Seen In Preparedness Reports From Border Region
Congress Awaits Key Nixon Choice On Abm This Week; Bipartisan Amity May End If President Asks Further Deployment Of Sentinel Bid For A Delay Hinted White House Has Not Tallied Votes In Senate, Indicating It Hopes To Avoid Clash Congress Awaits Nixon'S Critical Choice On Abm This Week
World Events — March 1969
Time Person of the Year — 1969
On the radio
Billboard Charts — March 4, 1969
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1968–69 Season
Emmy Winners — 1969
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — March 4, 1969
Ebert 4-Star Films — March 4, 1969
On the field
Sports Champions — March 4, 1969
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