September 23, 1970
That fall of 1970, gas ran $0.36 a gallon and Nixon was in the White House — the United States had just launched a new military satellite designed to detect a potential Soviet or Chinese missile attack, a reflection of how Cold War tensions were shaping daily policy decisions. On television, Americans were tuning into "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" each week, while Erich Segal's novel "Love Story" was sitting at the top of the New York Times fiction bestseller list. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series that October, and the following month the Soviet Union landed Lunokhod 1 on the Moon — the first remote-controlled rover ever to operate on another world.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — September 23, 1970
NY Times Headlines — Week of September 23, 1970
The Arab World Is Grief‐Stricken
World Events — September 1970
Time Person of the Year — 1970
On the radio
Billboard Charts — September 23, 1970
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1970–71 Season
Emmy Winners — 1970
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — September 23, 1970
Ebert 4-Star Films — September 23, 1970
On the field
Sports Champions — September 23, 1970
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