October 21, 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 21, 1973
NY Times Headlines — Week of October 21, 1973
Lawyers Assail President; Congress Is Urged To Act
Egypt And Israel Begin Truce At U.N. Call; Syria Considers Terms But Keeps Fighting
Cairo Bids Soviet And U.S. Send Troops To Aid Truce
Egypt Says Israel Continues Firing
World Events — October 1973
Time Person of the Year — 1973
On the radio
Billboard Charts — October 21, 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 21, 1973
Ebert 4-Star Films — October 21, 1973
On the field
Sports Champions — October 21, 1973
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