August 13, 1971
A Big Mac cost $0.59 that summer of 1971, and the Dow Jones sat at 890 — as the New York Times published the Pentagon Papers that June, exposing decades of government deception about the Vietnam War and setting off a landmark legal battle over press freedom. On the radio, Carole King's "It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move" sat at number one, while television audiences were tuning in to the groundbreaking family sitcom "All in the Family" each week. On July 26, NASA launched Apollo 15, sending astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin to the Moon, where Scott and Irwin would become the first crew to drive a lunar roving vehicle across the surface.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — August 13, 1971
NY Times Headlines — Week of August 13, 1971
6 Presidential Hopefuls Stress Economic Issue At Texas Convention
U.S. Warns Hanoi Over De Action
President Seeks Congress Backing
Australia And New Zealand To Quit Vietnam This Year
World Events — August 1971
Time Person of the Year — 1971
On the radio
Billboard Charts — August 13, 1971
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1970–71 Season
Emmy Winners — 1971
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — August 13, 1971
Ebert 4-Star Films — August 13, 1971
On the field
Sports Champions — August 13, 1971
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