April 16, 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 — April 16, 1974
NY Times Headlines — Week of April 16, 1974
Syrians And Israelis Using Jets In Battle For Mount Hermon
World Events — April 1974
Time Person of the Year — 1974
On the radio
Billboard Charts — April 16, 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 — April 16, 1974
Ebert 4-Star Films — April 16, 1974
On the field
Sports Champions — April 16, 1974
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