May 31, 1978
Gas cost $0.63 a gallon in the spring of 1978, and the Dow Jones stood at 805 — a Carter administration push on Middle East arms sales was dominating Washington headlines, with debate over proposed jet sales to Arab nations keeping foreign policy at the center of daily life. On the cultural front, the Bee Gees held the number one spot with "Night Fever," and "Annie Hall" had just taken home the Oscar for Best Picture, while James Michener's "Chesapeake" sat atop the fiction bestseller list. In sports, the Washington Bullets claimed the NBA championship over the Seattle SuperSonics, and earlier that spring, Czechoslovak cosmonaut Vladimír Remek made history aboard Soyuz 28 as the first person from a country other than the United States or the Soviet Union to travel in space.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — May 31, 1978
NY Times Headlines — Week of May 31, 1978
Nato Warns Soviet Its Moves In Africa Endanger Detente
Israeli Government Takes Up U.S. Inquiry On Peace Proposals; Cabinet Makes No Decisions Washington, In An Effort To Revive Talks, Is Seeking Clarification Of Cogin'S Plan For West Bank; Pre Anwar El‐Sadat Of Egypt 11:K Rejeted The Begin Plan For The West Bank. Although He Has Not Put Forth Counterproposal Of His Own, Insisting* Instead That For Negotiations To Proceed The Israelis Should Be Willing To Withdraw To The Borders That Existed Beforti The 1967 War And To Allow Palestinian Elf
World Events — May 1978
Time Person of the Year — 1978
On the radio
Billboard Charts — May 31, 1978
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1977–78 Season
Emmy Winners — 1978
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — May 31, 1978
Ebert 4-Star Films — May 31, 1978
On the field
Sports Champions — May 31, 1978
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