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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 ...
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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.
A reminiscence on life in New York City during the year 1977. It chronicles the decay of a city plagued by economic decline, rampant crime, the Son of Sam killings, and the July 13–14 blackout. These events provided the breeding ground for both the punk rock and hip hop movements that would eventually spread worldwide throughout the 1980s.
FILE - New York Mets Lenny Randle takes batting practice on Sept. 21, 1977 in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
See for the first time in 46 years these recently digitized Star-Telegram photos of Dolly Parton on Dec. 2, 1977, dazzling fans at the long-gone Panther Hall, which was THE venue for country music ...
At 9:34 p.m., a blackout shut off electric in all five boroughs of New York City, the largest city in the U.S., and parts of suburban Westchester County. The failure of the Consolidated Edison Company (Con Ed) system left an estimated 12,000,000 people in darkness and shut down the subway system, commuter trains, elevators and all electric ...