July 20, 1997
A Big Mac cost $2.42 that summer of 1997, and the Dow Jones sat at 7,908 — the same week that two of the largest defense companies in the country, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, announced a merger that would reshape the American military contracting industry. At the multiplex, "Men in Black" was the summer's dominant film, while on the radio, "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans had held the top spot for weeks following the death of Notorious B.I.G. On July 4, NASA's Pathfinder probe successfully landed on the surface of Mars, deploying the Sojourner rover and transmitting the first ground-level images from the planet in more than two decades.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — July 20, 1997
NY Times Headlines — Week of July 20, 1997
Housing Drives Service Members To Poverty
President Offered To Call Party Donors, Memo Says
World Events — July 1997
Time Person of the Year — 1997
On the radio
Billboard Charts — July 20, 1997
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1996–97 Season
Emmy Winners — 1997
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — July 20, 1997
Ebert 4-Star Films — July 20, 1997
On the field
Sports Champions — July 20, 1997
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