June 6, 1980
A Big Mac cost $1.00 that summer of 1980, and the Dow Jones sat at 964 — while the U.S. Senate overrode President Carter's oil import fee veto 68 to 10, the first time a Senate controlled by a president's own party had rejected a veto since 1952. On screens and turntables, "The Empire Strikes Back" was packing theaters across the country and Paul McCartney and Wings held the top spot on the radio with "Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)." The 1980 Summer Olympics took place in Moscow that July, but Americans were not among the competitors — the United States led a boycott of the Games in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, sending no athletes and earning no medals.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — June 6, 1980
NY Times Headlines — Week of June 6, 1980
Vance Urges Senate To Back Arms Pact; Says Afghan Crisis Should Be No Bar To Vote On Weapons Curb 4,600 Degrees Are Awarded Vance, At Harvard, Bids Senate Act On Arms Pact Despite Afghanistan Vance Played Major Role Allusion To Rescue Attempt
House, By 335 To 34, Overrides Carter On Oil-Import Fee; Action By Senate Due Today President Defends Measure In His Veto--Other Ways To Raise Gasoline Prices Studied Water Project Vote Was Close House, By 335 To 34, Overrides Carter Veto Of Oil-Fee Rejection White House Sees Humiliation Intervened In Budget Process
U.N. Assails Israelis Over Bomb Attacks That Maimed Arabs; U.S. Abstains In Council Vote Resolution, Passed By 14-0, Terms Population Of The West Bank Inadequately Protected Council Focusing On Mideast U.N. Condemns Israel On Bombings; U.S. Abstains
Oil-Import Fee Dies As Senate Overrides Carter By 68 To 10; Veto Rejection Is First Since 1952 From A Congress Dominated By President'S Own Party Hard To Back In Election Year Immediate Decontrol Weighed Senate Override Kills Oil Fee Reversal By Georgian $10 Billion To $12 Billion
World Events — June 1980
Time Person of the Year — 1980
On the radio
Billboard Charts — June 6, 1980
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1979–80 Season
Emmy Winners — 1980
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — June 6, 1980
Ebert 4-Star Films — June 6, 1980
On the field
Sports Champions — June 6, 1980
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