May 17, 1975
Gas cost $0.57 a gallon in the spring of 1975, and the Dow Jones stood at 852 — the fall of Saigon was weeks away, as North Vietnamese forces closed in on the South Vietnamese capital and American involvement in the war entered its final chapter. On the radio, "Philadelphia Freedom" by The Elton John Band sat at the top of the charts, while audiences were still filling theaters to see "The Godfather Part II," which had just won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Golden State Warriors claimed the NBA championship by defeating the Washington Bullets, and on April 5, a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft suffered a critical malfunction during launch, forcing cosmonauts Vasily Lazarev and Oleg Makarov to execute an emergency abort — both men survived, making it one of the highest-altitude launch failures in the history of crewed spaceflight.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — May 17, 1975
NY Times Headlines — Week of May 17, 1975
New Voting Law Faces All‐Out Legal Challenge
Damascus Agrees To 6 More Months For Buffer Force
World Events — May 1975
Time Person of the Year — 1975
On the radio
Billboard Charts — May 17, 1975
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1974–75 Season
Emmy Winners — 1975
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — May 17, 1975
Ebert 4-Star Films — May 17, 1975
On the field
Sports Champions — May 17, 1975
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