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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 ...
The New York City mayoral election of 1977 occurred on Tuesday, November 8, ... A major blackout affected New York City from July 13, 1977 to July 14, 1977. The ...
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 .
When a series of lightning strikes took down power across New York City on the night of July 13, 1977, streetlights, neon signs, and the bright lights of houses and skyscrapers went dark.
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 ]
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 – The New York City blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours, resulting in looting and disorder. July 19–20 – Flooding in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, caused by massive rainfall, kills over 75 people and causes billions of dollars in damage.
President Carter launched a high-stakes peace tour in the final days of 1977 that would bring him into the new year, but an interpreter's slip-up at the very first stop overshadowed his diplomatic ...