Event
New York City is affected by a complete electricity blackout lasting through the following day that results in citywide looting and other criminal activity
13 Jul 1977 · 41.27° N, 73.95° W
What the records say
- When
- 13 Jul 1977
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 41.27° N, 73.95° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, New York City blackout of 1977.
Summary
New York City is affected by a complete electricity blackout lasting through the following day that results in citywide looting and other criminal activity, including arson.
3 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la ciudad de Nueva York (Estados Unidos) sufre el mayor apagón de su historia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ニューヨーク大停電。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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