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The New York City blackout of 1977 was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City on July 13–14, 1977. [3] [4] The only unaffected neighborhoods in the city were in southern Queens (including neighborhoods of the Rockaways), which were part of the Long Island Lighting Company system, as well as the Pratt Institute campus in Brooklyn, and a few other large apartment and ...
November 9—United States and Canada—The Northeast blackout of 1965 affected portions of seven northeastern U.S. states and Ontario.Most radio and television stations within the area lost power or lost teletype communications, so people within the blackout area relied on broadcasts from other areas to learn information about the blackout.
Deaths. Almost 100. The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, and most parts of the Canadian province of Ontario on Thursday, August 14, 2003, beginning just after 4:10 p.m. EDT. [ 1 ] Most places restored power by midnight (within 7 hours), some as early as 6 ...
A map of the states and provinces affected. Not all areas within the political boundaries were blacked out. The northeast blackout of 1965 was a significant disruption in the supply of electricity on Tuesday, November 9, 1965, affecting parts of Ontario in Canada and Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont in ...
N. New York City blackout of 1977. 1996 Western North America blackouts. Northeast blackout of 1965. Northeast blackout of 2003.
Northeast blackout of 2003, a power outage the affected parts of Ontario, Canada, and the Northeastern and Midwestern United States Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Northeast Blackout .
1977 July 13–14: New York City blackout of 1977. [42] October: United States President Jimmy Carter visits South Bronx. [70] Rock Steady Crew musical group formed. [65] Rosalyn Sussman Yalow receives the Nobel prize for the invention of Radioimmunoassay (RIA), which she developed with Solomon Berson while working in the Bronx Veterans ...
Blackout (broadcasting), a regulatory or contractual ban on the broadcasting of an event. Blackout (fabric), a textile material that blocks light. Blackout (wartime), the practice of minimizing outdoor lighting for protection from attack. Communications blackout, a halt to communication abilities or utilization.