March 17, 1974
Gas cost $0.53 a gallon in the spring of 1974, and the Dow Jones stood at 616 — Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was shuttling between Damascus and Jerusalem in an effort to broker a ceasefire as Syrian and Israeli forces clashed over Mount Hermon. On the cultural front, Paul Newman and Robert Redford's caper film "The Sting" had taken the Best Picture Oscar, and Peter Benchley's shark thriller "Jaws" was sitting atop the New York Times fiction bestseller list. The Boston Celtics claimed the NBA championship by defeating the Milwaukee Bucks, the same spring that Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record on April 8, hitting his 715th career homer before a packed crowd in Atlanta.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — March 17, 1974
NY Times Headlines — Week of March 17, 1974
U.S. Global Military Role: Are Forces Big Enough?; Congress Is Now Debating The Largest‐Peacetime Military Budget In United States History. This’ Is The First Article, Of A Series In Which The Military Correspondent Of The New York Times Analyzes The United States Armed Forces’ Resources And Commitments.
Senator Buckley Bids Nixon Quit; President, Rejecting Idea, Says: It Would Be Bad Statesmanship’
Vietcong Offer A Detailed Plan For Vote In South
World Events — March 1974
Time Person of the Year — 1974
On the radio
Billboard Charts — March 17, 1974
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1973–74 Season
Emmy Winners — 1974
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — March 17, 1974
Ebert 4-Star Films — March 17, 1974
On the field
Sports Champions — March 17, 1974
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