October 8, 1973
That fall of 1973, gas ran $0.39 a gallon and Nixon was in the White House — though the Yom Kippur War had just erupted in the Middle East, with Egyptian and Syrian forces launching a coordinated assault on Israel that put superpower tensions on edge and triggered a U.S. military alert. On the cultural front, Cher's "Half-Breed" was sitting at number one on the charts while Bruce Lee's martial arts film "Enter the Dragon" was pulling massive crowds into theaters. The Oakland Athletics won the World Series over the New York Mets in seven games, and in a landmark feat of engineering, the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul was completed that October, physically connecting the continents of Europe and Asia for the first time in history.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — October 8, 1973
NY Times Headlines — Week of October 8, 1973
2d Day Of Combat
Soviet Could Spur Move To Aid Israel
World Events — October 1973
Time Person of the Year — 1973
On the radio
Billboard Charts — October 8, 1973
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1973–74 Season
Emmy Winners — 1973
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — October 8, 1973
Ebert 4-Star Films — October 8, 1973
On the field
Sports Champions — October 8, 1973
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