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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 ...
A major blackout affected New York City from July 13, 1977 to July 14, 1977. The blackout was localized to New York City and the immediate surroundings, and resulted ...
1977 – New York City Blackout riot, occurred July 13 and 14, when widespread looting and arson followed a power outage [23] 1988 – Tompkins Square Park riot , occurred August 6 and 7 as protesters against a city imposed curfew clashed with police [ 24 ]
The New York City blackout of 1977 struck on July 13 of that year and lasted for 25 hours, during which black and Hispanic neighborhoods fell prey to destruction and looting. Over 3,000 people were arrested, and the city's already crowded prisons were so overburdened that some suggested reopening the recently condemned Manhattan Detention Complex .
New York City blackout of 1977; Northeast blackout of 2003; Manhattan blackout of July 2019 This page was last edited on 16 February 2021, at 11:45 (UTC). Text is ...
July 13–14 —United States—In New York City, 9 million people were affected by a power outage. It was a result of a transmission failure due to a lightning strike on power lines. A second lightning strike caused the loss of two more overhead power lines, and the last power connection between New York City and the Northwest.
July 13–14: New York City again loses electrical power in the blackout of 1977. [66] Unlike the previous blackout twelve years earlier, this blackout is followed by widespread rioting and looting. Many neighborhoods, most notably Bushwick, were almost completely devastated.
1977 was the last year to have men serving as all 100 U.S senators; January 20, 1977: Inauguration of President Jimmy Carter; July 13, 1977: New York City blackout of 1977; January 1, 1978: The Northern Mariana Islands left the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to become a Commonwealth of the United States, making it unincorporated and ...